OpenSSL - Crypt ::SSLeay & LWP

2002-07-29 Thread Eric Wilson
Can someone provide me some assistance on incorporating the following on a cobalt RAQ4 running linux   OpenSSL - a C library   Crypt::SSLeay and LWP   I need to install the before mentioned modules and I am definitly wet behind the ears when it comes to this... Thank You   Eric Wilson

Re: backwards connection

2002-07-29 Thread Brian Wotring
That was it. Works like a charm now. Thanks for your help. >> >> I assume you mean do something like this in the Application client: >> >> ctx = SSL_CTX_new( SSLv3_server_method() ); >> >> I tried this, SSL_connect/SSL_accept returns 0, with the following >> error: >> >> 328:er

Re: backwards connection

2002-07-29 Thread Jeffrey Altman
> > I assume you mean do something like this in the Application client: > > ctx = SSL_CTX_new( SSLv3_server_method() ); > > I tried this, SSL_connect/SSL_accept returns 0, with the following error: > > 328:error:140C5022:SSL routines:SSL_UNDEFINED_FUNCTION:called a > function y

Re: problem generating certficate

2002-07-29 Thread LongJi Chen
make .rnd file at current directory. $ netstat -a > .rnd - Original Message - From: "Justin Georgeson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:53 AM Subject: problem generating certficate > Nobody responded the first time, so I'm asking again. I can

Re: backwards connection

2002-07-29 Thread Brian Wotring
I assume you mean do something like this in the Application client: ctx = SSL_CTX_new( SSLv3_server_method() ); I tried this, SSL_connect/SSL_accept returns 0, with the following error: 328:error:140C5022:SSL routines:SSL_UNDEFINED_FUNCTION:called a function you should not call

How much randomness?

2002-07-29 Thread Xperex Tim
It appears to me that OpenSSL needs a chunk of randomness at the start but that it never needs more after that. Is that right? Is there any point to continuously doing RAND_add() as more randomness is obtained? Thanks. Tim __ Do You Yahoo!?

Which key size should be fine for certificates used for email signing?

2002-07-29 Thread Olivier Mascia
Dear all, My company would like to produce client certificates for its own employees (email signing and extranet authentication). We have setup a root ca certificate and just wonder what kind of rsa key size would be fine for such useage. Is there a trend among the public certification author

RE: CPU usage and SMIME?

2002-07-29 Thread Dilkie, Lee
Ahhh, The CU usage is *always* going to go to 100 percent, no matter how low the priority is. The real question should have been "when I sign or encrypt, the operation adversly affects other important processes because the s/e operation is consuming needed cpu cycles, what can I do about this"

Re: CPU usage and SMIME?

2002-07-29 Thread Ken Hirsch
Maya wrote: >I use Openssl 0.9.6c on Windows 2000. >I use SMIME functions available and created my ATL COM which has 2 main functions >:Encode and Decode. >When I Sign or Encrypt messages with size about 3MB , the CPU usage goes up to >100%. Is it possible something to be done about this? Even if