Description of Problem: I COULD NOT GET THE REDHAT-7.2-OPENSSL-0.96B-GENERATED 'CERTIFICATE SIGNING REQUEST' TO GENERATE A REQUEST COMPATIBLE WITH http://www.geotrust.com/quickssl BUT IT WORKED UNDER REDHAT-7.1-OPENSSL-0.96 ... THIS DIDN'T... Name : openssl Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.9.6b Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 8 Build Date: Fri 07 Sep 2001 04:48:38 PM PDT THIS WORKED... Name : openssl Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.9.6 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 9 Build Date: Thu 12 Jul 2001 09:39:16 AM PDT recipe here: http://www.geotrust.com/quickssl/csr/ # if you want the key to be passworded, rebooting requires that the password be typed... #openssl genrsa -des3 -out demrise.key 1024 # so i skip the password... openssl genrsa -out demrise.key 1024 # openssl rsa -noout -text -in demrise.key openssl req -new -key demrise.key -out demrise.csr # openssl req -noout -text -in demrise.csr
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Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.