Thanks, that is annoying that it is not in the FAQ. Brian
-----Original Message----- From: George Theall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 15:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Nessus-mkcert issues On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 03:26:51PM -0500, Hildebrand, Brian wrote: > I'm trying to install Nessus on a new box and I'm having some issues > with the "nessus-mkcert" script. Anytime I run it it fails to generate > the keys and I see this error in the openssl output log: > > 22568:error:0D11A0A3:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_mbstring_copy:string > too long:a_mbstr.c:154:maxsize=64 This was recently added to the FAQ (although not the one on nessus.org :-(. The short answer is that your hostname (ie, fqdn) is too long. Look to the FAQ at Hugo's site for the solution -- http://hvdkooij.xs4all.nl/docs/Nessus-FAQ.html -- it's question 1.4.6. George -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy any copies of this document.
