Create a CA within C using openssl

Well one of the mysteries is that besised it's importance the OpenSSL stuffi hopelessly under documented. I just can suggest getting the books "Network Security with OpenSSL" and SSL and TLS, and be very very patient and advanterous.

I guess you will have more luck just using the provided programs and use them via system....

Regards
Friedrich

The man pages of open ssl http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/x509.html# reads clearly how to create a certificate (or CA). You can go through it and get a CA.

I have both of those books but I'm not able to find the information that I'm looking for within them.

I have also seen the link that you posted. I'm looking for how to do it within C itself. I'm not wanting to do system or anything else like that.

Thank you for the help.

You can use this command to create a CA:
openssl x509 -req -in careq.pem -extfile openssl.cnf -extensions v3_ca \
        -signkey key.pem -out cacert.pem

Yes I have used the command line option of openssl many times. I need to do it within C itself. When I set it up on computers they will not have openssl install on them.