On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 08:07:16PM -0500, Alex wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:23:48 +0100
> Lutz Jaenicke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Forwarded to openssl-users for discussion.
> >
> > Having a glance on your report it seems that you have created a
> > certificate request which is to be submitted to CA for signing.
> > Only the certificate signed by the CA is a X.509 object that
> > can be handled with the "openssl x509" application. To display the
> > contents of the request you have to use the "openssl req" application
> > itself.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Lutz
>
> This error also happens when I attempt to sign a CSR with the CA
> command.
I doubt that the CA command will complain about not finding a X509
object as it expects a CSR.
You did take care of using PEM format (ASCII-armored with proper
headers) instead of using DER (binary) format!?
Best regards,
Lutz
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