Unabe to create multiple certificates from a single self-signed CA.

2007-05-21 Thread Rajat Dudeja
Hi Folks ! I want to create 5 certificates from a single self-signed CA. I 've been able to create 3 certificates as of now. However, only the first certificate of mine is working with the root certificate, the other 2 are not working. The later 2 certificates are created from the same CA.crt and

Using OpenSSL certs in Kmail

2007-05-21 Thread Mick
Hi All, First message to the list! I have created a PKCS12 certificate and imported it into Kmail. However, when I try to select it as the preferred key for my email account, it comes up with a red x across the key symbol. I take this to mean that it is unsuitable. When I check it with Kleo

Re: engines on an embedded device

2007-05-21 Thread Christopher Friedt
Hi Samuel, For what I'm doing at the moment, all of the random data is generated on our servers and only stored in a private / public key pair on the device. Thanks for the heads up though. ~/Chris Samuel Reed wrote: Chris, On a related note to embedded openssl, but not pertaining to your

RE: engines on an embedded device

2007-05-21 Thread Samuel Reed
Chris, On a related note to embedded openssl, but not pertaining to your question: I tried something similar in the past, and discovered there must be a provided source of randomness. I am not sure if your embedded device can provide this. If you do not have suitable hardware or /dev/random (or

bit-size necessary in the command: openssl req -newkey rsa:bits?

2007-05-21 Thread domi
Hello, I have got a question concerning the command openssl req -newkey rsa:bits …. which I use for creating a self-signed certificate for my small private CA. Some time ago I used the command like this with OpenSSL 0.9.7g (on Suse 10.0): openssl req –x509 –newkey rsa –out cacert.pem –outform PEM