Hey all, I'm very new to security and generating key files. I'm following the instructions I've found here: http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1677 and I'm having trouble generating the private / public key pair and certificate.
In step 2 it asks: "Enter pass phrase for C:\CA\private\CAkey.pem:". Is it looking for a value from a previous step? Any help would be greatly appreciated, Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's the values entered and the error message. C:\Program Files\OpenSSL>ca server Simple CA utility Written by Artur Maj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Warning! The content of the C:\CA\temp\vnc_server directory will be removed. Press CTRL-C to break, or ENTER to continue... -------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 1: Generate the keys and the certificate request -------------------------------------------------------------------- Loading 'screen' into random state - done Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key .++++++ .....................................++++++ writing new private key to 'C:\CA\temp\vnc_server\server.key' ----- You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. ----- Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Connecticut Locality Name (eg, city) []:Burlington Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Secure Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Labs Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:Frank Email Address []:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please enter the following 'extra' attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password []:walnut An optional company name []: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 2: Sign the certificate -------------------------------------------------------------------- Using configuration from C:\Progra~1\OpenSSL\openssl.conf Loading 'screen' into random state - done Enter pass phrase for C:\CA\private\CAkey.pem: unable to load CA private key 8544:error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal:bad decrypt:./crypto/evp/evp_enc.c:509: 8544:error:0906A065:PEM routines:PEM_do_header:bad decrypt:./crypto/pem/pem_lib.c:423: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL>
