Thanks guys, That works great. However, I would really like to do it with a call from my C code and not in the shell.
-Radboud -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michiels Olivier Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Validity period of certificates Hi, take the BEGIN CERTIFICATE to the END CERTIFICATE part, put it in a file, then do : openssl x509 -in yourfile -text. You will see the start and the end date at the beginning of the response. Hope this help, Michiels Olivier Radboud Platvoet wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I would like to know if there is a way to find out for what period a >certificate is valid (ie: the start and end date). > >This is the certificate from which I like to determine the validity period: > >-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- >MIICXQIBAAKBgQDHbmDreHdsfXmdgiveojbx2hVrJPvzxzQ0Ug6g0KxOYUVSSLbs >xBCW5PGQEn6a++AI6SMt13MTidpUJZmiPiOB2/D7Lg1YMJNQgJ8VfpzWESvgtQCV >6txwVWz0gGSnmJ8EkLhaY0t57PhrEqM2RpZKgiBl08bueXCazblhWpyvOQIDAQAB >AoGAB33wCiiGY/76uJ4RQ9XYNpG4yEOla20KWwTSI9xy/KbO0d6FcLOU4/ZJ1N28 >/9mCexM3DRvQ6OT+3LZk5SFsd/1dOEi+P5rhIOAe/0VReiS5oIlhqr6lhOF4/WHp >OZwglVDuB1U+zqX3fb6exkBlfcg8nv/iaI7GrxRl+ib9bWECQQD3crtg8DkLXT1o >zwqgNyobPQgv0TJaCHAIub/XVjN2jkTU6HJPrPh6RUBTPAx/pW5CSuxGqcRDRgan >RP6Zqu8NAkEAzlLSauaZhGGQXROxaac8Q7v423e/CTXKwCHAhkOIlKHBcq2Qzvo6 >PrHzAKYVsOx5fwMZATe86Kz8OeSgoCFV3QJATILFPWwJt2HVIxshhfiIpHNynJZq >ozwIqCoHD2Yv83B6B/r3nXs2OVhAU3w1wSI9vXG9LPxBGywD0qSatJkN4QJBAMoR >MUVDLU0KpHGUDOhVwl7wJO0EnRNvHHAJXl3gnE49EZG3zR/4z7yBWWXkQ1AweVlc >dkvMA/a5HJmygWHy4/0CQQCybDrUXfLGmfCL3R95fc3/XfHF+VodnfZoWY09hjQO >wYPK/0sAatyAW4I9ks0XCoWbPBJEOueX5TAixPhh0pkn >-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- >-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- >MIICkzCCAfygAwIBAgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADCBgzELMAkGA1UEBhMCTkwx >FTATBgNVBAgTDFp1aWQgSG9sbGFuZDESMBAGA1UEBxMJUm90dGVyZGFtMRMwEQYD >VQQKEwpEaWdpdm94IEJWMSEwHwYDVQQLExhSZXNlYXJjaCBhbmQgRGV2ZWxvcG1l >bnQxETAPBgNVBAMTCFMyU2VydmVyMB4XDTAyMDkyNzA3MzM1NFoXDTAzMDkyNzA3 >MzM1NFowgYMxCzAJBgNVBAYTAk5MMRUwEwYDVQQIEwxadWlkIEhvbGxhbmQxEjAQ >BgNVBAcTCVJvdHRlcmRhbTETMBEGA1UEChMKRGlnaXZveCBCVjEhMB8GA1UECxMY >UmVzZWFyY2ggYW5kIERldmVsb3BtZW50MREwDwYDVQQDEwhTMlNlcnZlcjCBnzAN >BgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEAx25g63h3bH15nYIr3qI28doVayT788c0 >NFIOoNCsTmFFUki27MQQluTxkBJ+mvvgCOkjLddzE4naVCWZoj4jgdvw+y4NWDCT >UICfFX6c1hEr4LUAlerccFVs9IBkp5ifBJC4WmNLeez4axKjNkaWSoIgZdPG7nlw >ms25YVqcrzkCAwEAAaMVMBMwEQYJYIZIAYb4QgEBBAQDAgZAMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB >BAUAA4GBAA4al9nd/lph0P+RKoOfDPZXLFf1kfU7dHJIrXR5F9HvhVuVNyFLNyTO >JXq8M/mcPM9eGNEfOwdGjHZCM91pduauvTZ6rqUOHIDV5oQdqVsCEMdZa5t2aTS+ >g+ffMr6+aAm+ax3eU3/5tk1T2RkVOsIFEYCymiaMcXsVCFUvi/Pn >-----END CERTIFICATE----- > >Any help is greatly appreciated! > >Thanks, >Radboud > >______________________________________________________________________ >OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org >User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
