Hi Bear, > > I noticed a function X509_subject_name_hash(). Will that > give a unique > > reference to a certificate? It seems to ;-) > > No hash can be guaranteed to be unique. Issuer and serial number > should be, but of course you need to exercise some intelligence here. > > You can use the subject hash (or a subset) to perform quick > lookups. E.g., if you have a large number of certs indexed by > their SN hash, you can quickly determine that you don't have the > specified cert or find a few possible matches.
In that case I'll use the Issuer and Serial number. Thanks. Cheers, Mark ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
