chandu wrote:
>
> HI everybody,
>
> I have a question regarding adding challenge-password attribute to a X509
> certificate request. I guess I can do this by calling the function
> X509_ATTRIBUTE_create(int nid, int atrtype, void *value); ( is that right).
> If so can anyone please explain me what possible values can "atrtype" field
> have... If not please help me to find suitable function to add the
> challenge-password attribute...
>
There is some attribute creation code which should make this easier. You
typically call:
X509_REQ_add1_attr_by_NID(req, NID_pkcs9_challengePassword,
MBSTRING_ASC, "some challenge password", -1);
If I recall you need OpenSSL 0.9.6 for this though.
Steve.
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