A quick google takes me to http://www.madboa.com/geek/openssl/
which clearly states that failure to verify gives following error : Verification failure 9544:error:21075075:PKCS7 routines:PKCS7_verify:certificate verify error:pk7_smime.c:222:Verify error:self signed certificate Kindest regards, Peter. On Friday 01 February 2008 17:20:14 Peter Van Biesen wrote: > Are you saying that if I do not have the private key -verify says : > > "wrong content type" > > how does openssl know which key to use for decryption/verification ? Or > does it just try them all ? I have difficulty to believe that no > information can be retrieved from the pkcs7 container without the use of > the private key . > > FYI : the reason I'm trying this is is because some messages do not decrypt > and I need a way to debug the communication. Btw, the messages I attached > previously were correctly processed ones, not faulty ones. > > Kindest regards, > > Peter. > > On Friday 01 February 2008 16:54:45 Victor Duchovni wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 04:42:50PM +0100, Peter Van Biesen wrote: > > > yes, I tried that too, same error. > > > > > > Just try and slap a mailheader on it ... ( or use the one I tested with > > > in attachment ) > > > > Are you trying to "-verify" or "-decrypt"? The former will not work, the > > message is encrypted. -- Peter Van Biesen Sysadmin VAPH tel: +32 (0) 2 225 85 70 fax: +32 (0) 2 225 85 88 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: http://www.vaph.be/pgpkeys
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