-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bob Henson wrote: > Thanks, that's what I was trying to find out. I was confused by all the > formats (and their extensions) for sharing information - .pfx .p7b .cer etc. > I was trying to use data from Windows and import to GPG. As you remark, the > extension is irrelevant, so long as the file is DER encoded binary ( > possibly base 64 as well? - I haven't tried that). I have managed (don't ask > me how) to get what appears to be a working x.509 certificate from Thawtes > onto my GPG keyring, and have self signed it. I thought I'd have a go at > getting another onto the keyring, but didn't know what format to export it > from Windows. It would appear that I can only export the *public* keys from > the X.509 certs as binary files - the key pairs will only export in .pfx > format, which GPG won't import, so I guess it's some sort of Windows > proprietary format.
Backup from Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape as .p12 Backup from IE as .pfx Import it to OpenPGP format using PGPkeys from PGP 8 or 9. Then you can export pub and secret key to an .asc for importing to GPG. Or you can CTRL-C to copy the key in PGPkeys and import from clipboard with WinPT or GPGshell. The PGP-Basics Yahoo! group can help you a lot more on this. Several of the folks there have loaded X.509 Certs into PGP. - -- John P. Clizbe Inet: JPClizbe(a)comcast DOT nyet Golden Bear Networks PGP/GPG KeyID: 0x608D2A10 "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr Seuss, "Oh the Places You'll Go" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3-cvs-3891-2005-09-13 (Windows 2000 SP4) Comment: When cryptography is outlawed, b25seSBvdXRsYXdzIHdpbGwgdXNlIG Comment: Be part of the £33t ECHELON -- Use Strong Encryption. Comment: It's YOUR right - for the time being. Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDKRDYHQSsSmCNKhARAqfUAKDwnVHijl2hQ5kEQOusz23KuPrcigCg/cC8 GSKjHTanajNrHqmk/nTuxsk= =TwDD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
