Re: Signing an already existing certificate

1999-07-30 Thread Dr Stephen Henson
Julio Sánchez Fernández wrote: > > If I do openssl x509 -x509toreq, I need a private key. However, > function X509_to_X509_REQ allows the pkey argument to be NULL. > > Why do I need this? Can I just modify x509.c not to insist in > finding the private key? > The private key is needed to sign

Signing an already existing certificate

1999-07-30 Thread Julio Sánchez Fernández
If I do openssl x509 -x509toreq, I need a private key. However, function X509_to_X509_REQ allows the pkey argument to be NULL. Why do I need this? Can I just modify x509.c not to insist in finding the private key? Thanks in advance, Julio _