No, you don't have the issuer certificate included in your certificate, you only have the issuer distinguished name. On Friday 07 February 2003 15:44, openssl utilisateur wrote: > hi again > thx for your reply > what i am asking about is how to extract issuer certificate if it was > included with the certificate > thx again > > > > > > > > From: Rich Salz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: openssl utilisateur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: your mail > >Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 09:27:22 -0500 (EST) > > > > > could someone tell me how to extract the certification path from an > > > >ordinary > > > > > certificate (X509 certificate) > > > >The certificate doesn't have a path, it just has the DN of its issuer. > >You have to calculate the path yourself by getting the cert of > >the issuer, following up the chain, and so on. (I.e., no path, just the > >first step. :) > > > >It gets very complicated if one CA is certified by two other CA's: this > >is called cross certification and makes the path analysis much harder. > > /r$ > > > > > >______________________________________________________________________ > >OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > >User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Messenger : discutez en direct avec vos amis ! > http://www.msn.fr/msger/default.asp > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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