Found a solution in the list archives from last month. http://www.moser-willi.at/doc/howto/docs/AutoSSL/
That script works great!!! Thanks much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Waitman C. Gobble, II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:28 AM Subject: RE: SSL cert & key generation on an appliance > > Hello, > > I am positive that there is a perl module, there just has to be. I > haven't used it though. > > If you aren't exactly stuck on perl, you might have a look at the > openssl functions in php: > > http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.openssl.php > > Take care, > > > Waitman Gobble > EMK Design > Telephone (714) 522-2528 > Toll Free (877) 290-2768 > http://emkdesign.com > > ....................................... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Patrick > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 9:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SSL cert & key generation on an appliance > > > Hello, > > We're looking to deploy Linux-based security appliances that only > provide the end-user with a web front-end. > > We want the end-user to have the ability to generate new (self-signed) > certificates and SSL keys to be used on the appliance under Apache > mod_ssl once installed. > > > I'm betting somebody else has already solved this... how do you > generate certs and keys without access to the interactive command line? > > Essentially, I'm looking for a shell script, some Perl, or another > method to perform cert and key generation in an automated fashion, > driven by input submitted by a user via the web. > > From what I can gather with the cmd-line utilities provided by OpenSSL, > interactive command-line access is required. > > If there's an easier way than wrapping the OpenSSL cmd-line utilities > with Net::Telnet and IO::Pty, please tell me! > > > Thanks, > > -Rob Patrick > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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]
