First you create a certificate request using the openssl req command. I guess that is what you have done now. The default output format for that is pem.
The next step is to get the certificate request signed by a certificate authority. This is accomplished using the openssl x509 command. This will however require you to know the CA's private key and the password. In case you are getting it signed with a third party CA of course the procedure is different. The resulting format is PEM again. Once you obtain a valid certificate in PEM format, it can be converted into several other formats using the x509 command again. In general PEM format is much more convenient than DER. regards, Girish --- "Bhat, Jayalakshmi Manjunath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a created a certificate certficate.cer, to > which I have > provided the > Parameters Common name,Organization,Organizational > Unit,City,State,Country. > > Now please can any one tell me how to use openssl > to sign this > certificate. > I need to install certificate which will be > PEM/Base64 encoded. > > Regards, > Jaya. > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project > http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List > openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
