Hi FBE, It seems that you are missing the '-new' parameter in Step 3, in order to create the certificate request file.
However, in order to create a self signed certificate you have also the '-x509' param: openssl req -new -x509 -key server1.key -out server1.crt -----Messaggio originale----- Da: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] Per conto di FBE Inviato: mercoledì 27 aprile 2011 19:27 A: openssl-users@openssl.org Oggetto: New User Problem Dear OpenSSL Community, I am a new user of OpenSSL and have a pretty simple question. I'm trying to create a self-signed certificate and so far has done the following. Step 1)>openssl genrsa -des3 -out server1.key 1024 Step 2)This asked for a password and I made a password "asdf" Step 3) >openssl req -key server1.key -out server1.csr Step 4)At the first prompt, I typed in "asdf" and pressed enter. Nothing happens. I keep pressing enter and then mash they keyboard until this message appears "unable to load X509 request 6416:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:.\crypto\pem_lib.c:642:Expecting: CERTIFICATE REQUEST" Step 5) I retired the above command except with the wrong password "asdfg" and it looks like I had a bad decrypt error message Can someone tell me if I'm doing anything wrong when creating a simple self-signed certificate so far? I am using Windows Vista as my OS with Win32 OpenSSL v1.0.0d and Visual C++ 2008 Redistributables downloaded from this site: http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html Thank you for any help you can provide. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
