Re: [openssl-users] Custom OID strange characters

2015-08-11 Thread Robert Sandilands
behavior ;-) It seems like I don’t really have a choice. If it does not make sense, it is okay, it is not intended to make sense. It just implies that I don’t like either of my alternatives. Robert > On Aug 11, 2015, at 5:49 PM, Wim Lewis wrote: > > > On Aug 11, 2015, at 2:0

Re: [openssl-users] Custom OID strange characters

2015-08-11 Thread Robert Sandilands
So this leads to the next question: How do I teach OpenSSL the format of the value for a custom extension without writing code? I have been poring over man pages and I don’t find anything obvious. Robert > On Aug 11, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Wim Lewis wrote: > > On Aug 11, 2015, at 9:24 A

[openssl-users] Custom OID strange characters

2015-08-11 Thread Robert Sandilands
I am trying to build a certificate request with a custom OID and it is encoding strange characters in the certificate. For example I specify the following line in the .cnf file: bla_policy = ASN1:PRINTABLESTRING:blabla Then I get the following when I dump the csr: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7:

Re: Kurt Seifred's article on securityportal

2000-12-20 Thread Robert Sandilands
your files or to mail the virus to everybody or to accept the illegal certificate. Until people become willing to give up functionality for security this will always be a problem. It does not make the technology bad, just the implementations of the technology. Robert Sandilands Thomas Nichols

Re: AES - Rijndael

2000-12-12 Thread Robert Sandilands
Another thing you can do it to go to www.rijndael.com. It contains a lot of information/links about rijndael. Robert Sandilands Johannes Baagoe wrote: > > Robert Sandilands wrote: > > > There seems to be two ways... The newest CVS contains updates > > for Rijndael and

Re: AES - Rijndael

2000-12-12 Thread Robert Sandilands
There seems to be two ways... The newest CVS contains updates for Rijndael and I posted patches for 0.9.6 for Rijndael. So go either to the CVS repository for the newest and bestest or look in the archives for my patch. Robert Sandilands Johannes Baagoe wrote: > > Hello, > > A

Rijndael and OpenSSL

2000-10-09 Thread Robert Sandilands
Has anybody started incorporating the AES winner Rijndael into OpenSSL? Is there any plans to do it? If somebody would like it in there and nobody else is busy, I wouldn't mind trying... Robert Sandilands __ OpenSSL Pr

Re: Client authentication

2000-10-02 Thread Robert Sandilands
Look at http://www.aquasecurity.com/protect/other/sslcli.cpp and http://www.aquasecurity.com/protect/other/sslsrv.cpp Robert Sandilands > Carlos Serrao wrote: > > Hi all, > > can someone provide me with a good example how to handle client > authentication on a SSL connec

SSL Renegotiation

2000-08-30 Thread Robert Sandilands
iate( ssl ); result=SSL_do_handshake(ssl); if (result<0) return( GEN_NOREAD ); ssl_write( ssl, "NOP", 1 ); The write is included because it seems to cause the error. But without it, nothing happens... Any idea's, information, example code that is not in s_client.c or s_server.c wo

Re: CommonName in Thawte Server Certificates

2000-08-21 Thread Robert Sandilands
>From my experience with a Thawte certificate: I could use a www.something.co.za certificate for https, simap, spop and some other things as long as the name used by the program requesting it, was www.something.co.za. The protocol and ports did not matter at all. Hope this helps. Rob

Re: verifying CAcert and cert?

2000-07-14 Thread Robert Sandilands
); fclose( fp1 ); fclose( fp2 ); return( flag ); } This is sort of pseudo-code and will return 0 when it verifies and 1 when not. This is copied from other code I wrote so, as is, it may not work. But the basic principles are there. Robert Sandilands Douglas Wikström wrote: > > hello! >

Re: ATT: Robert Sandilands! (was Re: client authentication)

2000-06-30 Thread Robert Sandilands
where the public keys and the CA's public keys are for verifying the other's keys. Those keys and the symbolic links associated with them is pretty important. Robert Sandilands Albert Serra wrote: > > Does it work? > > Because what exact commands do you have to add if you

Re: embedded key?

2000-06-23 Thread Robert Sandilands
oad_crypto_strings(); SSLeay_add_all_algorithms(); installed=1; } It is part of a class I wrote for myself so everything may not make sense, but it should help. Robert Sandilands Andrew Barnes wrote: > > Is there a way to have your private key and > certificate embedded in the appl

Re: Using select() with openssl

2000-06-15 Thread Robert Sandilands
I have to admit to not using the BIO functions but I have mixed select() and SSL_read/SSL_write with success. Using BIO functions BIO_get_fd may get you the handle you need to be able to use the select function?? Robert Sandilands Alwyn Schoeman wrote: > > Hi, > > After some te

SSL server and client demo's updated

2000-06-04 Thread Robert Sandilands
Here is the sslsrv.cpp and sslcli.cpp that I promised that does client verification. I've also modified them to work under Windoze. Please feel free to use this in any way you see fit except if it implies a warrantee or any other legal terms :-) Robert Sandilands sslsrv.cpp sslcli.cpp

Re: cafile question

2000-05-31 Thread Robert Sandilands
y time you load/use the cert then it does not matter that much. Robert Sandilands Mel wrote: > > i am a newbeee > > i am planning to ship my application and have the following questions: > > 1) is it ok to send the cert file along with my application?. if so can > it be dang

Re: Client verification in a SSL server

2000-05-31 Thread Robert Sandilands
also feature... If there is interest I'll post a modified demos/ssl/cli.cpp and demos/ssl/serv.cpp that compiles under both Linux and Windoze and where this feature works. Robert Sandilands Lutz Jaenicke wrote: > > On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 03:38:12PM -0300, Marcos Rogerio wrote: >

Re: docs for openssl programming in C

2000-04-27 Thread Robert Sandilands
he Registry"... If I were a system administrator, I would have anybody considering to look at the cover of that book drawn and quartered. But this is all a moot point if we don't have somebody "important enough" driving the process of writing a book. Robert Sandilands James Dabb

Re: docs for openssl programming in C

2000-04-24 Thread Robert Sandilands
uot;void *data" structure that you can declare for that callback. Maybe we should add one? Is there a process for changing an API in OpenSSL? Robert Sandilands Joel Yarde wrote: > > One way of achieving this type of verification is by creating a verify > callback which will acce

Re: docs for openssl programming in C

2000-04-21 Thread Robert Sandilands
a specific path but against one loaded in memory. Hope this helps. Robert Sandilands Mark wrote: > > Hi all -- > > I was wondering if anyone, anywhere has or knows of a more complete > documentation set of the openssl ssl/tls library... I'm trying to code up a >

RE: Alert

1999-10-13 Thread Robert Sandilands
xpressed within this document are mine alone at this moment in time. I reserve the right to change my opinion for no reason whatsoever. ----- Robert Sandilands - a dotty engineer and computer sleuth. Senior Virus