The oscpResponder.pl script requires the ocsp responder to support DSA
the following patch can be applied to openssl 0.9.7b or 0.9.7c:
--- openssl-0.9.7b.ORIG/apps/ocsp.c 2003-03-26 02:47:06.000000000 +0200
+++ openssl-0.9.7b/apps/ocsp.c 2004-02-22 16:11:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -1115,7 +1115,16 @@
OCSP_copy_nonce(bs, req);
- OCSP_basic_sign(bs, rcert, rkey, EVP_sha1(), rother, flags);
+ {
+ /*in case of DSA keys we should use EVP_dss1()*/
+ const EVP_MD *evp_md;
+ /*
+ * - EVP_dss1 only or can be EVP_dss for some DSA keys ?
+ * - should we use method EVP_PKEY_type() ?
+ */
+ evp_md = (rkey->type == EVP_PKEY_DSA) ? EVP_dss1() : EVP_sha1();
+ OCSP_basic_sign(bs, rcert, rkey, evp_md, rother, flags);
+ }
*resp = OCSP_response_create(OCSP_RESPONSE_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL, bs);