But then, I still don't see how things fit together. The thing is that, (1) is
it normal to have the CA cert in my IE with a "key sign" on it? (2) If (1) is
abnormal, how can I get rid of it? I've done the import, and tried export to
other formats which strips the private key off and re-imported it (with the
previous one removed), but still failed to get the "Friendly Name" on.

-daniel.

At 09:19 AM 2001/4/11 +0530, Rakesh.R wrote: 

>
> Dear Suen Tak Tsung Daniel, 
>
> The PKCS12 format contains the private key. This format is mainly used to
> export private key with the certificate. The method you used to create the
> PKSC12 is correct. Double click the certificate and import it into the
> certificate manager of the desired browser. From the certificate manager you
> can view the details of the certificate and export it to any desired location
> and install it any browser's certificate manager.
>
> Feel free to mail me for further clarifications on this topic. 
>
> Rakesh R 
> Ushustech 
> (Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Suen Tak Tsung Daniel
> [<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:56 AM 
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Subject: pkcs12 and CA cert ? 
>
> Hi All, 
>
> I have created a CA for my organization and have sucessfully imported the 
> CA cert in DER format to an IE 5.5. However, I found that there is no 
> friendly name displayed. After poking through the web, someone seem to have 
> said that one has to use the pkcs12 format. I know it is available in
> openssl, 
> and so I issued something like:- 
>
> openssl pkcs12 -export -cacert -nokeys -name "My Org" -caname "My Org" \ 
>    -in cacert.pem -out cacert.pkcs12 
>
> and failed, saying that the command expects a private key. So, I did so with 
> addtional option "-inkey caprivate.pem", and I succeeded. However, it seems 
> that the private key is also contained in this cacert.pkcs12, which is kind 
> of strange. I used to think that, well, at least the DER import experience 
> told me that this shouldn't be necessary. Then, I imported it in IE5.5, and 
> it was OK, but when I viewed it in IE5.5, I found that it has a key sign 
> on it. I stopped there, and I found that other certificates come with IE5.5 
> don't have such a key sign. So, I just want to know, what's the proper way 
> of exporting my ca cert in pkcs12 format, so that IE5.5 and Netscape can 
> eat them cleanly and smoothly? Appreciate any help! 
>
> -daniel. 
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