Re: Why use a certificate request

2002-11-21 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
In message <01c2915e$257149d0$0101a8c0@osiris> on Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:01:45 +0100, "Jasper Spit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: j.spit> For non-web based OpenSSL applications, is it still necessary j.spit> or recommended to use certificate requests to obtain a new j.spit> certificate ? Currently m

Re: Why use a certificate request

2002-11-21 Thread Christian Hohnstaedt
Hi Jasper, the major goal of using requests is that the signer does not know and need the private key of the client certificate. If your application creates a key and a request and signs the request then you don't need the request and directly can create a signed certificate and key and hand the