[openssl-users] upgrade to 1.0.1r breaks script that worked for years. Config issue?

Dr. Stephen Henson steve at openssl.org
Wed Feb 24 19:50:18 UTC 2016


On Wed, Feb 24, 2016, lists wrote:

> 
> extensions = x509v3
> 
> [ x509v3 ]
> keyUsage              = digitalSignature
> extendedKeyUsage      = clientAuth,emailProtection
> crlDistributionPoints = URI:http://ldap.secure-edge.com/secure-edge-ca.crl
> subjectAltName        = email:copy
> basicConstraints      = CA:false,pathlen:0

While this isn't the cause of your problem you should NOT use pathelen if you
have CA:false. An application might reject such a certificate due to
inconsistent extension values.

Steve.
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