Re: how to renew the root cert

2012-02-16 Thread T. Valent
> 4. Configure each serverX to accept client certificates > issued by old-groupX-cert OR new-groupX-cert (most server > software can be configured with a list of valid > client-cert-issuers and the SSL protocol supports that). More or less that's the way to go. That's what I've come up with (yet

Re: how to renew the root cert

2012-02-14 Thread T. Valent
Jakob, thanks for your reply. > most server > software can be configured with a list of valid > client-cert-issuers and the SSL protocol supports that I didn't know this is possible. I'll start researching in this direction immediately as this sounds like the solution to the problem. Thanks a

how to renew the root cert

2012-02-14 Thread T. Valent
Hi! My root-cert will expire in a few months. I'm now planning a migration to renew the certificates. The goal is to ensure a seamless migration without loss of service by updating the servers and clients certificates. Currently I'm lacking a plan how to do the migration. The problem is that I ca

Verify key des3 password

2003-08-14 Thread T. Valent
Is there a command line option for openssl to just verify a password for a key? I thought I could use a line in a script like: echo Please enter password for key read $passwd if openssl verifypassword -in MyKeyFile.pem -password "$passwd"; then echo Password OK else echo wrong password exit f

certificate based authentication: How do I create certificate-files

2003-07-25 Thread T. Valent
Hi! I probably have a very basic question, but I need to describe my problem in detail to make sure everybody understands what I'm seeking for, because I may not possibly use the correct terminology. I want to have this kind of organizational structure (OU = Organizational Unit): Root-CA | +-