And do what length is it truncated? Thanks. Ed
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nils Larsch > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 1:48 AM > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Re: What does the "subject name's hash" mean? > > Edward Chan wrote: > > Sorry for all the questions today. But I'm looking at the > > SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations() API and the 3rd arg. This > specifies, > > "The name of a directory containing CA certificates. Each > file in the > > directory must contain only a single CA certificate, and the files > > must be named by the subject name's hash and an extension > of ".0"". > > That was taken from the O'Reilly book. > > > > What exactly is the "subject name's hash"? > > a truncated md5 hash value of the der encoded subject dn > (it's used to easier locate the issuer of a certificate) > > Nils > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
