Try with empty challenge: see http://luke.breuer.com/time/item/Generating_an_SSL_certificate_on_Windows_without_IIS/634.aspx
On 03/07/2014 20:52, Michael Sierchio wrote: > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org