> How can this individual verify the x.509? I certainly do not want the > receiving site to have private key; they are not the creator of such > documents but simply the receiver for data. An excerpt of code would be most > beneficial.
The certificate is signed with the PRIVATE key and verified using the PUBLIC key. There is nothing in a self-signed certificate that changes this. So they verify it the same as any other certificate. /r$ -- Principal Security Engineer Akamai Technology Cambridge, MA ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org