Re: Newbie questions update ....

2004-09-14 Thread Steve Ankeny
Exactly right! "openssl s_client -CAfile demoCA/cacert -connect server.net:443" This returns no errors. However, I still get the following when I try to connect from Mozilla. "The connection was refused when trying to contact 192.168.1.103" Stupid me! I was using "http://";! It works perfectly wi

Re: Newbie questions update ....

2004-09-14 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004, Steve Ankeny wrote: > Here's the commands I used to create my own CA and my own certificate > and key > > "CA.pl -newca" > "CA.pl -newreq" > "CA.pl -signreq" > > Everything went well (no errors), and I wound up with newcert.pem and > newreq.pem (as well as cacert.pem

Re: Newbie questions update ....

2004-09-14 Thread Steve Ankeny
Here's the commands I used to create my own CA and my own certificate and key "CA.pl -newca" "CA.pl -newreq" "CA.pl -signreq" Everything went well (no errors), and I wound up with newcert.pem and newreq.pem (as well as cacert.pem as expected). I renamed newcert.pem and newreq.pem to help i

Re: Newbie questions update ....

2004-09-12 Thread Steve Ankeny
Very good suggestions! Thanks I will not have time to try these until this evening, but I will report any errors, etc. You guys are the best. Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: On Sat, Sep 11, 2004, Steve Ankeny wrote: Sorry about the html First of all, I am using Mozilla. I never use IE What ve

Re: Newbie questions update ....

2004-09-12 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Sat, Sep 11, 2004, Steve Ankeny wrote: > Sorry about the html > > First of all, I am using Mozilla. I never use IE > What version of Mozilla are you using? If you have a newer version then you will have an "Import" button. You select Edit->Preferences->Private & Security->Certificates.

Re: Newbie questions update ....

2004-09-11 Thread Steve Ankeny
Sorry about the html First of all, I am using Mozilla. I never use IE Secondly, every time I try to import the 'server.crt' it complains that it is not in 'pkcs12' format. Thirdly, the CA.pl "guides" are just as confusing as the OpenSSL guides. I have yet to find a clear-cut description of

Re: Newbie questions update ....

2004-09-11 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Sat, Sep 11, 2004, Steve Ankeny wrote: Please don't post in HTML. As to your query. This is much easier if you follow the CA.pl instructions. Some "guides" suggest you do all manner of strange and in some cases insecure things. You do *not* import the server private key and certificate into t

Newbie questions update ....

2004-09-11 Thread Steve Ankeny
Here's what I did Command Usage openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca.key 1024 Created key for my own CA Remained in /etc/ssl openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key ca.key -out ca.crt Created the CA certifica