On Tue, Mar 29, 2005, Chevalier, Victor T. wrote: > I am using mpack to create the mime message, it looks like openssl is > putting S/MIME around the entire MIME message as if it were text...used > this command: > openssl smime -sign -inkey private/mykey.pem -signer mycert.pem -in > mimemessage -out new.mail > > maybe the syntax is wrong? > > Or is it supposed to be like: > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: ... > > This is an S/MIME signed message > > -------4DF5902840938 > > MIME MESSAGE HERE > > -------4DF5902840938 > Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature... >
The first part of a multipart/signed message is the data to be signed, the second the signature itself. So that's perfectly normal: if it appended text/plain content type in the first part that would be wrong. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
