It's not so easy to find out, how basic your knowledge really is: Did you create your own (self signed) Certificate Authority? (steps: create keys, create selfsigned cert as CA-cert. then you can start signing requests -- but you will have to accomodate openssl.cnf)
Maybe you would need a third party cert, if the cert should be for a customer's website to allow https-requests? Then a selfsigned cert only helps, if it is for intranet (= well known clients that you can make to accept an unknown CA.) If the cert is needed for internet-served https of a customer's website, have a look at pages of Thawte, Verisign, or some free CA projects mentioned in this list before. Best regards, Michael Am 2002-11-19 13:57 Uhr schrieb "James Smith" unter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I should say I have been trying to use > "openssl ca -in y:¥certreq.txt -out y:¥cert.cer" > but I can't figure out what other options to use, am I even on the correct > track? > > -- > James Smith > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 12:51 PM > Subject: I give up > > >> ok, the time has come..... >> >> HEEEELLLLPPPPPPPPPPPP!!! >> >> I have finally managed to compile openssl on win32 (xp) with the GCC >> compiler and all of the test exe's seem to work ok. Not for love nor money >> can I generate a certificate and the docs are as usefull as a chocolate >> fireguard (no offence, I guess the time just hasn't been available to > finish >> them). >> >> I am not a programmer, I am a web developer, so could someone please > explain >> in short words how I take the certreq.txt file from IIS and turn it into a >> working certificate? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Jay >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org >> User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ************************************************************************ Karl-Michael Werzowa A-1190 Wien, Paradisgasse 28/4/6 +43 (664)302 4511, fax +43 (1)328 1992 14 [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
