Hi Tim, after understanding what happens I found and understand FAQ. But if it is part of the FAQ why not putting a hint on the relevant man pages, Maybe after doing this this item is no FAQ any more ;).
Ciao Matthias > Matthias Barmeier wrote: >> Hi, >> >> ok, sorry for not understanding what happens. The call >> OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms() was missing. >> >> After adding it everything seems to work perfect. >> >> Shouldn't this be mentioned on the man page of the PEM functions ? > > It is not PEM specific - it applies to anything trying to use an algorithm > which > hasn't been registered. > > > The FAQ does indeed contain information about this: > > http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#PROG8 > > 8. Why do I get errors about unknown algorithms? > > The cause is forgetting to load OpenSSL's table of algorithms with > OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(). See the manual page for more information. > This can > cause several problems such as being unable to read in an encrypted PEM > file, > unable to decrypt a PKCS#12 file or signature failure when verifying > certificates. > > Tim. > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
