An easy way is to build the openssl binary as a lib but rename main. Then call it with the argv and argc you would send from the command line.
-----Original Message----- From: ext Richard Koenning Sent: 05/20/2008 1:02:54 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: X509 certificates through API Kenneth Goldman wrote: > Is there sample code anywhere for how to construct X509 certificates > programmatically, through the API, not the command line? > > The documentation includes the serialization API's, but? > little else. > > I assume, since it can be done from the command line, that > the code exists and is just not documented. Could I be > wrong? Well, the code implementing the x509 subcommand of the openssl command line tool can be found in apps/x509.c. Ciao, Richard -- Dr. Richard W. Könning Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH, IP SW SO 12 Phone/Fax: +49-89-636-47852 / 48332 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]