Re: openssl tools

[Michael Richardson <mcr%sandelman.ottawa.on.ca@localhost>]

>>>>> "itojun" == itojun  <itojun%iijlab.net@localhost> writes:
    >> >        we can use "/usr/bin/openssl asn1parse".
    >> >        should we make a symlink for every one of those?  there are too 
much
    >> >        chances for conflict so i'm not sure...
    >> Hmm. How about /usr/bin/openssl, plus asn1parse.
    >> Any other symlinks could go into... /usr/libexec/x509 or 
/usr/libexed/pkix
    >> or some such.

    itojun>     could you tell me why asn1parse is special?  (i'm not objecting,
    itojun>     i'm curious)  libexec does not seem right to me.

  asn1parse is generally useful for anything that is ASN.1 encoded. Not just
certificates. 

    itojun>     openssl shell scripts (like CA.pl, CA.sh) refer them as "openssl
    itojun>     asn1parse" always.

  Yes, I've noticed this in recent versions of the scripts...

  I guess it doesn't matter. Let things as they are.

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