RE: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-22 Thread David Schwartz
Mark H. Wood wrote: > Further, it won't be a trust root until it's distributed and the > recipients are satisfied that it is legitimate. And I think that's > the real question: > > When my CA's certificate expires, can I update it without having to > deliver copies securely to everyone who i

Re: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-19 Thread Mark H. Wood
On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 08:34:56PM -0700, Jim Fox wrote: > > This was a certificate authority certificate. As such, the renewal has to > have > the same key and DN as the original in order to continue being a CA > for previously signed certificates. Further, it won't be a trust root until it's d

Re: [openssl-users] Re: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-18 Thread Erwann ABALEA
Hodie XVI Kal. Nov. MMVII est, Jim Fox scripsit: > > This was a certificate authority certificate. As such, the renewal has to > have > the same key and DN as the original in order to continue being a CA > for previously signed certificates. You don't have to keep the same key, you just have to

RE: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-17 Thread Mouse
> > "Is it possible to extend the expiry of this certificate > > without changing any other fields in the certificate?" > > > > to which it seems that the answer is > > > > "Yes", > > How could the answer be anything other than yes? All too easily. Because as you ourself point out, such a change

Re: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-17 Thread Jim Fox
This was a certificate authority certificate. As such, the renewal has to have the same key and DN as the original in order to continue being a CA for previously signed certificates. Jim On Oct 17, 2007, at 5:54 PM, David Schwartz wrote: It seems to me that the OP is indeed asking somet

RE: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-17 Thread David Schwartz
> It seems to me that the OP is indeed asking something else entirely > different from the question which you yourself seem to have posed and > then immediately failed to answer. He's asking > > "Is it possible to extend the expiry of this certificate without > changing any other fields in the ce

Re: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-17 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 09:49:15PM +0100, G.W. Haywood wrote: > "Is it possible to extend the expiry of this certificate without > changing any other fields in the certificate?" > > to which it seems that the answer is > > "Yes", Actually it is "no", because the certificate needs a new signatur

Re: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-17 Thread PS
Yes. Thats what I was trying to ask. So, how can I change the expiry date of an existing certificate without changing any other field ? Is there any openssl command that I may use ? On 10/17/07, G.W. Haywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, David Schwartz wrote: >

RE: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-17 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, David Schwartz wrote: > The OP wrote: > > > I have a private CA certificate created using openssl command line. > > The issue is that the certificate expires on 19th Oct, 2007. > > The question is that "Is it possible to extend the expiry of this > > certificate wit

RE: Changing the expiry date of a cert

2007-10-17 Thread David Schwartz
> I have a private CA certificate created using openssl command line. > The issue is that the certificate expires on 19th Oct, 2007. > The question is that "Is it possible to extend the expiry of this > certificate without changing any other fields in the certificate?" > Basically, I want to conti