Re: Overview of Certificate usage

2003-02-25 Thread Nick Gray
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 12:32, Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003, Nick Gray wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 11:00, Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > > > > You cant call ./Ca.pl -sign a second time. I "knows" about the > > certificate that was previously made and fails. Now perhaps if I

Re: Overview of Certificate usage

2003-02-25 Thread Michael Sierchio
Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: Normally you'll generate the key yourself and generate a certificate request from it. The request (not the key) is sent to the CA and they then send you the certificate back. The point being the CA never sees your key. Minor aside: for the purposes of key escrow/recovery