On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 01:29:28PM -0500, ian kremlin wrote: > hi, this is my first time submitting a bug, please let me know if > I'm doing anything wrong. > Hi,
> OpenSSL irritatingly waits until after it generates diffie-hellman > parameters to check to see if the outpath is writable, throwing them > away if it is not: > I wouldn't say this is a bug. Because if you create DH parameters and there is no way to store them, the memory will be cleaned - I guess. :) So, there is no way to read these parameters and use it for other stuff. Besides I think this command operates as expected, Because the user enters it, then the DH parameters will be created and at the end they will be stored. > $ uname -a > OpenBSD uglyman.kremlin.cc 5.5 GENERIC.MP#165 amd64 > $ rm -rf baddir > $ openssl dhparam -outform PEM -out baddir/test.pem 1024 > Generating DH parameters, 1024 bit long safe prime, generator 2 > This is going to take a long time > <many breadcrumbs> > baddir/test.pem: No such file or directory > > thanks, > ian > fritjof
