openssl req -new -key server1.key -out server1.csr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hascall, j...@iastate.edu Team Lead, NIADS (Network Infrastructure, Authentication & Directory Services) IT Services, The Iowa State University of Science and Technology
> Dear OpenSSL Community, > > I am a new user of OpenSSL and have a pretty simple question. I'm > trying to create a self-signed certificate and so far has done the > following. > Step 1)>openssl genrsa -des3 -out server1.key 1024 > Step 2)This asked for a password and I made a password "asdf" > Step 3) >openssl req -key server1.key -out server1.csr > Step 4)At the first prompt, I typed in "asdf" and pressed enter. > Nothing happens. I keep pressing enter and then mash they keyboard > until this message appears "unable to load X509 request > 6416:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start > line:.\crypto\pem_lib.c:642:Expecting: CERTIFICATE REQUEST" > Step 5) I retired the above command except with the wrong password > "asdfg" and it looks like I had a bad decrypt error message > > Can someone tell me if I'm doing anything wrong when creating a simple > self-signed certificate so far? > > I am using Windows Vista as my OS with Win32 OpenSSL v1.0.0d and Visual > C++ 2008 Redistributables > downloaded from this site: > http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html > > Thank you for any help you can provide. > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
