On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 02:49:47PM -0800, Alex Cachia wrote:
> I'd like to generate a self signed CRT for the Netscape Directory Server 4.0
> and use JNDI with JSSE to access the directory.  The Directory has an export
> strength cipher suite available, thus I believe I need to sign the CSR it
> generates with a compatible CA CRT.
> 
> I've managed to generate the 512 bit RSA key, but cannot find how to "limit the
> cipher suite to only include things like EXP-RC4 and EXP-RC2".

The ciphersuites are influenced by the cipher selection string. For testing
(s_server/s_client) it is called with the "-cipher STRING" option. The
string for you "only export ciphers" should simply be "EXPORT:!ADH".
Within your code you would call e.g. SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(ctx, "EXPORT:!ADH")

Best regards,
        Lutz
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