Ray O'Hagan wrote:
>
> I'm having problems with X509_NAME_free - each time I call
> it, it core dumps. This happens every time on Win98 and occasionally
> on Solaris. Has anyone come across a similar problem ? Any help/pointers
> would be greatly appreciated. I've included the code I'm using below.
>
This is because you are freeing things up twice. X509_get_subject_name()
returns an internal pointer in the X509 structure. As such you shouldn't
free it up because X509_free() will do that.
Similarly with X509_NAME_get_entry().
Steve.
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