how to sign without password prompt?

2004-12-01 Thread Schneider, Ronald
Hi, I'm trying to sign a file without password prompting (under Windows) openssl md5 -sign private.txt signature.txt > signed.dat (Enter password .) Then I tried this: openssl md5 -passin pass:test -sign private.txt Signature.txt > signed.dat .. and this: echo -n test | openssl md5 -s

Re: how to sign without password prompt?

2004-12-01 Thread Peter
Its probably because the signing key is encrypted with a symmetric cipher? You're using the "-sign" option and that private key private.txt is probably encrypted, find out with what and then you can use some other openssl function to read in the file and then output it, except output it withou

AW: how to sign without password prompt?

2004-12-02 Thread Schneider, Ronald
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Peter Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. Dezember 2004 17:13 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: how to sign without password prompt? Its probably because the signing key is encrypted with a symmetric cipher? You

Re: how to sign without password prompt?

2004-12-03 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004, Schneider, Ronald wrote: > Hi Peter, > > thank you for your answer. > > It's true - using the private key needs always a password. > I thought there could be a "hidden" parameter for the command line > like for other openSSL commands. (or config file) > > This is my "worka