Yes, it's quite easy. This works for me in 0.9.4:
(char *buf; int len; values should already be set)
...
BIO *bi = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
BUF_MEM bf;
X509 *x;
bf.length = len;
bf.data = buf;
bf.max = bf.length;
BIO_set_mem_buf(bi, &bf, 0);
x = PEM_read_bio_X509(bi, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-- Howard Chu
Chief Architect, Symas Corp. Director, Highland Sun
http://www.symas.com http://highlandsun.com/hyc
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of hazel Gao
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 8:16 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: the API to load X509 from char*
>
>
> I'm using openssl-0.9.4 at present. Are any similiar
> APIs in openssl-0.9.4, or do I have to upgrade to
> openssl-0.9.5?
>
> Hazel
> > They aren't for files they are for fps and BIOs
> > which aren't necessarily
> > files. BIOs in particular can point to all manner of
> > things including a
> > memory buffer. For example in OpenSSL 0.9.5 and
> > later you can call:
> >
> > bio = BIO_new_mem_buf(buffer, length);
> >
> > and then call PEM_read_bio_X509() on it.
> >
> > Steve.
> > --
>
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