It is in your openssl.conf.  It should be "OrganizationName_max = 64",
if I remember correctly.  Just raise that number.

-Kyle H

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:55 AM, Florian Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I want to create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) with Debian etch
> openssl.
>
> openssl req -new -nodes -keyout cc.key -out cc.csr
>
> But my company name seems to be a bit too long.,
>
> Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:long Name
> problems making Certificate Request
> 21868:error:0D07A097:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_mbstring_ncopy:string too
> long:a_mbstr.c:154:maxsize=64
>
> Is this a implementation specific problem or a protocol issue? Is there a
> way to work around or do I need to use a shorter name?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Florian
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