On Wed, Oct 25, 2006, Goetz Babin-Ebell wrote: > > Vincenzo Sciarra schrieb: > > Hi, > Hello Vincenzo, > > > just check if issuer and holder are the same! > > or do it the correct way: > > openssl verify -CAfile self_signed_cert.pem self_signed_cert.pem > > should return: > > self_signed_cert.pem: OK >
Indeed, technically a certificate with issuer and subject names identical is self-issued and may or may not be self signed. It has to be signed with its own key to be self signed which the above command checks. 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 openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
