On Wed, Oct 13, 2010, Vinay Kumar L wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to generate certificate which is valid for 20years. As the 
> 20years crosses unix end time(January 19, 2038 03:14:07 GMT) from the 
> current date, openssl certificate generated will have wrong dates(Not 
> before and not after times) in certificate as follows:
>
> *Validity
>            Not Before: Oct 13 06:43:05 2010 GMT
>            Not After : Jan 23 00:14:49 1902 GMT*
>
> Is there any way to generate certificate which is valid for 20yrs from 
> current date so that it will have correct validity times even if 20years 
> crosses unix end time? Please guide me.
>

OpenSSL 0.9.8 and earlier relies on the OS supplied date routines. OpenSSL
1.0.0 and later uses its own routines: I'd suggest you try that.

Steve.
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