[gnutls-devel] certtool endless loop in expiration_days

[Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos]

On Fri, 2013-11-15 at 18:03 +0100, Stefan Bühler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> expiration_days = 36500
> 
> in a certtool template config leads to an endless loop as it overflows
> and tries again forever.
> 
> a) it should fail with an error instead of looping; also signed integer
> overflow is undefined: check it manually before instead of checking
> the result. (days * 24 * 60 * 60 is where the overflow happens, as days
> is only an integer)
> 
> b) it should really support large expiration values; ideally it should
> also support the "no well-defined expiration date" 99991231235959Z
> somehow.

Thanks. Both should be fixed now. That reminds me that there is no way
to set the activation time as well. Anyway some other time.

regards,
Nikos