My Windoze knowledge is hazy, and from the distant past, but if you're running this in a CMD window, you may simply need to increase the available memory from the default for that process.
- M On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Steven Kinney <steven.kin...@ers.state.tx.us> wrote: > No. Running on my Dell laptop. > > > Sent on the new Sprint Network from my Samsung Galaxy S®4. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jakob Bohm > Date:07/03/2014 1:23 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Re: help with error > > On 7/3/2014 5:50 PM, Steven Kinney wrote: >> I enter the following command, as instructed by Cisco: >> >> req -new -config c:\openssl\share\openssl.cnf -newkey rsa:1024 -nodes >> -keyout mykey.pem -out myreq.pem >> >> And I get the following error: >> >> Please enter the following 'extra' attributes >> >> to be sent with your certificate request >> >> A challenge password []:tester >> >> Error adding attribute >> >> 7684:error:0D0BA041:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_STRING_set:malloc >> failure:./cryp >> >> to/asn1/asn1_lib.c:381: >> >> 7684:error:0B08A041:x509 certificate >> routines:X509_ATTRIBUTE_set1_data:malloc fa >> >> ilure:./crypto/x509/x509_att.c:317: >> >> problems making Certificate Request >> >> error in req >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> > > I think the important part is "malloc failure", in which case you > simply don't have enough free ram to run the command. > > Are you by any chance running the command on a heavily loaded > router? > > > Enjoy > > Jakob > -- > Jakob Bohm, CIO, Partner, WiseMo A/S. http://www.wisemo.com > Transformervej 29, 2730 Herlev, Denmark. Direct +45 31 13 16 10 > This public discussion message is non-binding and may contain errors. > WiseMo - Remote Service Management for PCs, Phones and Embedded > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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