[xmlsec] Re: A question for LibXmlSec

[Aleksey Sanin]

Good to know :) Thanks for update!

Aleksey

Michael Mi wrote:

>Hi Aleksey,
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>You are right. It is not really a bug. I changed the compiling setting,
>everything is all right.
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>Michael
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Aleksey Sanin" <aleksey at aleksey.com>
>To: "Michael Mi" <hao.mi at sun.com>
>Cc: "xmlsec" <xmlsec at aleksey.com>
>Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:44 PM
>Subject: Re: A question for LibXmlSec
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>>I don't have fix simply because this happens *only* on Windows and it is
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>>my primary development platform. Most likely you have problems with ms c
>>runtime libraries (there are 4 incompatible version and if you use two
>>different
>>libraries in one application you likely have a crash). This is described
>>in OpenSSL
>>FAQ and in XMLSec mailing list.
>>However, I may be wrong and there is a bug somewhere. But I accept
>>patches :)
>>
>>Aleksey.
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>>Michael Mi wrote:
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>>>Hi Aleksey,
>>>
>>>Thanks for your suggestion. The program can work now.
>>>
>>>But there is another question when I am trying the dsig4.c. When I
>>>call the function xmlSecDSigResultDebugDump, the program crashes.
>>>
>>>I have checked the internet, and found that some other guys asked you
>>>this question some time ago
>>>(http://www.aleksey.com/pipermail/xmlsec/2002/000035.html). So is
>>>there any updated binary package which I can use to correct this bug?
>>>
>>>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> ;
>>>    xmlsec at aleksey.com <mailto:xmlsec at aleksey.com>
>>>    Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:22 AM
>>>    Subject: Re: A question for LibXmlSec
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>>>    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:
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>>>>    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:
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>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>        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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