[xmlsec] Re: A question for LibXmlSec

[Aleksey Sanin]

XMLSec *does not* create PEM files. Take a look into ./test.pem file
produced on this first step --- it's an XML file! Please create a PEM file
using OpenSSL.

Aleksey

Michael Mi wrote:

> I tried it again, but still failed. The following is what I exactly do:
>  
> 1) I used following command to create a key file named test.pem
>  
> D:\Libxml2\libxmlsec-0.0.6.win32\util>xmlsec keys --gen-dsa newkey 
> --pwd password ./test.pem
>  
> 2) I copied the ./test.pem to the working directory.
>  
> 3) I change following statement in dsig1.c
>  
> if(xmlSecSimpleKeysMngrLoadPemKey(keysMngr, argv[1], NULL, NULL, 1) == 
> NULL) {
>  
> into
>  
> if(xmlSecSimpleKeysMngrLoadPemKey(keysMngr, argv[1], "password", NULL, 
> 1) == NULL) {
>  
> (I feel a little puzzled where I should put the keyname "newkey "into 
> the function, and another thing is that when I open the file test.pem, 
> there are no word "password" in this XML file, which I think should be 
> somewhere.)
>  
> 4) build the program and run it, the output is following:
>  
> Error: failed to load key from "test.pem"
>  
> So is any step I do wrong?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Michael
>  
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Aleksey Sanin <mailto:aleksey at aleksey.com>
>     To: Michael Mi <mailto:hao.mi at sun.com>
>     Cc: SO-China-eng-xml at sun.com <mailto:SO-China-eng-xml at sun.com>
>     Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:01 AM
>     Subject: Re: A question for LibXmlSec
>
>     XMLSec uses standard PEM files and it should read PEM files produced
>     by OpenSSL or any other program. For simplicity, examples assume that
>     PEM files are *not* protected by passwords. The xmlsec utility
>     does have
>     a special parameter "--pwd <password>" that specifies password to
>     use.
>     Please give it a try and if this will not work for you, I would
>     appreciate
>     if you can capture and send to me the output.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Aleksey
>
>
>
>
>     Michael Mi wrote:
>
>>     Hi, Aleksey,
>>      
>>     I met a problem which need your help.
>>      
>>     I am trying the sample program called dsig1.c from
>>     http://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/example-dsig1.html, but I can't
>>     find a suitable keyfile for it. (I have tried many keyfile from
>>     openssl package with ".pem" extension, but an error saying
>>     "Error: failed to load key from "....pem"" always appeared. Also,
>>     I created a keyfile by using xmlsec utility, failed again.) Maybe
>>     the reason why I can't open these keyfiles is absence of
>>     password, I am not sure.
>>      
>>     So can you tell me where I can get a valid keyfile for this
>>     program, or how I can create one myself.
>>      
>>     Thank a lot.
>>      
>>     Michael.
>>      
>>      
>
>

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