On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 02:46:34PM +0100, Peter Van Biesen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> our customers need to send sensitive information to us using s/mime. To this
> end, they use a java application that uses the bouncycastle java api to
> generate the message. However, when I try to verify such a message openssl
> gives me an error. The client- and the serverapplication seem to be able to
> verify and decrypt the message successfully but with openssl this does not
> work.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ openssl smime -in 050603-154-29.a0e -verify
> Verification failure
> 17179:error:21075071:PKCS7 routines:PKCS7_verify:wrong content
> type:pk7_smime.c:187:
>
> I have attached the mimepart ( as you do not have the private key, you should
> be unable to decrypt it anyway ... ).
>
> The developers of the application claim this is a valid smime message.
>
> I have been trying all week now with openssl and no commandline option seem
> to
> be able to tell me what it really is.
You verify the entire message. S/MIME is a MIME message, not a MIME part.
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Viktor.
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