ukoeppe wrote:
>
> From: Dr Stephen Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Well IE5 doesn't handle email so I presume you mean something like
> > Outlook or Outlook express.
>
> Right
>
> >
> > What do you mean by "undecipherable code"?
> >
> > Is it just binary gibberish or does it look like a base64 encoded
> > messsage?
>
> You're right of course, it looks like base64 encoded
>
> >
> > If its base64 then you should be able to pass it through smime -verify
> > to extract the original content.
>
> I tried that, the error message I get is: "Verify error, self signed
> certificate in certificate chain. "
>
You need to trust the CA that signed the message using the -CAfile or
-CApath arguments. Alternatively the -noverify option will bypass the
certificate verify.
Anyway if you include the -out argument as well it should then dump the
content out.
> I also tried what is being said in the SMIME description about Netscape,
> adding the -----BEGIN PKCS7----- and -----END PKCS7---- ...... nothing
> worked.
>
> My openssl doesn't seem to like the "-inform" statement anyway, I don't
> know, it's the April 3rd 0.9.5a compiled under Win98, haven't managed to get
> the latest snapshots compiled here.
>
Yes -inform for smime is only in the current snapshots.
Steve.
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