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authorLutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org>2002-06-12 20:46:38 +0000
committerLutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org>2002-06-12 20:46:38 +0000
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Make change uniqueIdentifier -> x500UniqueIdentifier clearly visible.
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@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ OpenSSL - Frequently Asked Questions
* Why can't the OpenSSH configure script detect OpenSSL?
* Can I use OpenSSL's SSL library with non-blocking I/O?
* Why doesn't my server application receive a client certificate?
+* Why does compilation fail due to an undefined symbol NID_uniqueIdentifier?
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@@ -624,5 +625,13 @@ if explicitly asked by the server. Use the SSL_VERIFY_PEER flag of the
SSL_CTX_set_verify() function to enable the use of client certificates.
+* Why does compilation fail due to an undefined symbol NID_uniqueIdentifier?
+
+For OpenSSL 0.9.7 the OID table was extended and corrected. uniqueIdentifier
+was incorrectly used for X.509 certificates. The correct name according to
+RFC2256 (LDAP) is x500UniqueIdentifier. Change your code to use the new
+name when compiling against OpenSSL 0.9.7.
+
+
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