The server i'm trying to import it into is and Astaro Firewall.
www.astaro.com.  I have also just tried to import it into Internet
Explorer on Windows XP and I get an error.

The Astaro only takes PKCS12 files.

Dan.

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Patrick Patterson
<ppatter...@carillon.ca> wrote:
> Please define "doesn't work" - how doesn't it work?
>
> Also, most servers take the key and cert files - so can you let us know
> which server you are trying to make work?
>
> Have fun
>
> --
> Patrick Patterson
> Chief PKI Architect
> Carillon Information Security Inc.
> http://www.carillon.ca
>
> This message sent from my iPhone. Please excuse the brevity.
>
> On 2010-02-03, at 1:55 PM, Dan Letkeman <danletke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new the SSL certificates and I'm having trouble converting a PEM
>> certificate into a PKCS12 certificate.
>>
>> Here is the process I took to get my third party certificate:
>>
>> Did this on a linux box that has openssl installed:
>>
>> openssl req -new -newkey rsa:1024 -nodes -out proxy.csr -keyout
>> proxy.key -subj
>> "/C=CA/ST=ND/L=NONE/O=Company/OU=Main/CN=proxy.compay.com"
>>
>> This created the key and the csr for the server we want to use it on.
>>
>> Then I went online and purchased an SSL certificate using that csr.
>>
>> So now I have a KEY file and a PEM file.
>>
>> I ran this to create a PKCS#12 certificate file:
>>
>> openssl -pkcs12 -in proxy.pem -inkey proxy.key -export -out proxy.p12
>>
>> This created the .p12 file and everything looks good.
>>
>> The problem is that it doesn't work on anything, not in the server or
>> in any browser.
>>
>> What step am I missing?
>>
>> Dan.
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