I need to search the X509 text for certain values, usually contained in the
Policies.
Using X509_print to obtain the text works in my test program but, for unknown
reasons, that call crashes the main program that invokes my subroutine. So
I'm looking for an alternate way to obtain the cert text
Hey guys,
I've got a couple of quick questions regarding building openSSL with
custom compiler optimization flags. I'm attempting to optimize the
builds of some select OS components specifically for the Intel Atom
under Linux, (I'm using the 2.6.37 kernel, glibc 2.13, binutils 2.21,
gcc 4.5.2; my
Hi Kenny:
On April 14, 2011 07:41:51 pm you wrote:
Here is the alternative I have so far:
CERTIFICATEPOLICIES *cp;
if ((cp = (CERTIFICATEPOLICIES*) X509_get_ext_d2i(X509cert,
NID_certificate_policies, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
printMsg(decodeX509cert: no policies found);
}
In real life I have found various optimizations to cause more trouble
than not, and to not really change real-world performance. Unless
you are in a hard loop encrypting/decrypting I don't think anyone
will notice. I do 10s of thousands of encryption/decryption calls
each day and they add no
