Re: [openssl-users] Offline Root CA and CRL generation

2013-03-15 Thread Sven Dreyer
Hi Erwann, Am 15.03.2013 17:36, schrieb Erwann Abalea: Yes. That's one possible solution (possible from a PKI point of view). Another solution would be to play with indirect CRLs. That involves Thank you very much for your explanations, I will try these scenarios. Thanks, Sven _

Re: [openssl-users] Offline Root CA and CRL generation

2013-03-15 Thread Erwann Abalea
Le 15/03/2013 17:01, Sven Dreyer a écrit : Hi Erwann, Am 15.03.2013 16:16, schrieb Erwann Abalea: You can generate a self-issued certificate dedicated to CRL signing (same name, different key, signed by your root). That's acceptable for RFC5280, but you'll have to check with your clients. And f

Re: [openssl-users] Offline Root CA and CRL generation

2013-03-15 Thread Sven Dreyer
Hi Erwann, Am 15.03.2013 16:16, schrieb Erwann Abalea: You can generate a self-issued certificate dedicated to CRL signing (same name, different key, signed by your root). That's acceptable for RFC5280, but you'll have to check with your clients. And find a way to distribute this certificate.

Re: [openssl-users] Offline Root CA and CRL generation

2013-03-15 Thread Erwann Abalea
X.509 allows for a self-signed certificate dedicated to CRL signing (with the same name, of course). But that's not acceptable for RFC5280. You can generate a self-issued certificate dedicated to CRL signing (same name, different key, signed by your root). That's acceptable for RFC5280, but yo

Re: Offline Root CA and CRL generation

2013-03-15 Thread Sven Dreyer
Hi Matthew, Am 15.03.2013 16:03, schrieb Matthew Hall: Read about the cRLSign KeyUsage bit. This is how it is usually handled. I already let the Root CA issue a certificate with "keyUsage = cRLSign" and used that certificate to sign the CRL, but my colleague's Windows machine refused to acce

Offline Root CA and CRL generation

2013-03-15 Thread Sven Dreyer
Hi List, I would like to setup an OpenSSL-based offline Root CA. Certificates issued by this Root CA contain a CDP. I would like to issue CRLs every 3 days, which would mean that I would have to take the offline Root CA online each 3 days. Is there a way to let the Root CA issue a "CRL signe