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Re: openssl errors creating password for certificate authority (CA Request)


On Aug 27 00:33, Auteria W. Winzer Jr. wrote:
> I opt to use a challenge password for sending a CA request. When I incorporate the challenge password I get the following error:
> 
> Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
> to be sent with your certificate request
> A challenge password []:1234567890
> Error adding attribute
> 1896:error:0D0BA041:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_STRING_set:malloc failure:asn1_lib.c:381:
> 1896:error:0B08A041:x509 certificate routines:X509_ATTRIBUTE_set1_data:malloc failure:x509_att.c:317:
> problems making Certificate Request
> 
> If I don't use the challenge password attribute everything works fine.
> 
> Is it recommended to use a challenge password for CA requests? Your valuable imput is grately appreciated.

It's hard to tell anything without a self-contained example which allows
to reproduce this.  There's a malloc failure, for whatever reason.

> $ cygcheck -c cygwin
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package              Version        Status
> cygwin               1.5.25-15      OK

openssl version?


Corinna

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