> I have had a look around and it appears that the serial number > for the > last certificate created was FF (hex), indicating 256 > certificates have > so far been created. The next number in the serial file is 0100, > which > would seem the logical next number, however the certificate > signing > bails out on me.
FF is not a legal certificate number. Certificate numbers must not be negative. (0xFF has the sign bit set and hence is negative.) DS ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]