Thanks steve!! Can i use these to function calls to convert?
PEM_read_bio_X509 PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey --- "Dr. Stephen Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003, rajagopalan ramanujam wrote: > > > > > hi, > > > > I am having a problem when reading a certificate > and > > private key from a memory buffer instead of a > file. > > i am using d2i_X509(NULL,&cert,strlen(cert)) to > read > > the certificate string which was defined in one of > > .pem > > file. Should i use SSL_CTX_use_certificate_ASN1 > > instead??? Please help me..... > > > > copied from server.pem file > > unsigned char * cert > > ="MIIDDzCCAs2gAwIBAgICA............Qw=="; > > unsigned char * key = > > "y5qH6Q0Nvb5SUcJEYY...........p6=="; > > > > You can only use d2i_X509() with the DER (binary) > form of the certificate. > Since this can contain embedded zeroes strlen() is > not usable, you need a > separate length parameter. > > The -C option of the 'x509' utility can translate a > certificate into > appropriate C code. For other things like private > keys you need to translate > them yourself. Something like the Unix utility xxd > on the binary form can do > that. > > The stuff you have looks like base64 form with all > the newlines deleted. That > isn't parseable directly. If you'd included all the > newlines then you could > use the standard PEM routines with a memory BIO. > > Steve. > -- > Dr Stephen N. Henson. > Core developer of the OpenSSL project: > http://www.openssl.org/ > Freelance consultant see: > http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk/ > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], PGP key: > via homepage. > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project > http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
