x509 request attributes

2004-09-30 Thread Paul Forgey
I'm trying to pass an pkcs9_challengePassword in an X509 request object, which appears to be considered an "attribute". So I'm adding it with: X509_REQ_add1_attr_by_NID (req, NID_pkcs9_challengePassword, V_ASN1_T61STRING, "test passphrase", 15); The request gets DER encoded and decoded on the r

Request Attributes

2002-10-06 Thread Hector Santos
I am relatively new to OPENSSL. I have implemented OPENSSL into our hosting software and I'm writing a GUI certificate manager specific to my application. I have a few questions: 1) Whats the point of the "Request Attributes?" In the OPENSSL.CNF file, there is