Re: renewing a CA

2009-05-22 Thread Kent Tong
Dear all, I've found some very important info on what the renewed CA cert should be like: Please see the last comment at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492900 However, I've tried hard, without success, to create such a CA cert. I've followed http://marc.info/?l=openssl-users&m=1132

Re: renewing a CA

2009-05-15 Thread Kyle Hamilton
Please post the openssl x509 -noout -text output of your client certificate? -Kyle H On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:43 AM, Kent Tong wrote: > > > >> 'the' CA being a private or internal one, obviously. >> (I assume this CA is also trusted by some/all people you communicate >> with, otherwise you're n

RE: renewing a CA

2009-05-15 Thread Dave Thompson
> From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of Kent Tong > Sent: Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 05:43 > > When you 'install' the CAcert can you choose anything about > intended > > or allowed usage? Maybe some tickboxes? > > Yes, I checked "can identify web sites" and "can identify mail users".

RE: renewing a CA

2009-05-13 Thread Kent Tong
Hi, I've installed the new CA cert on a computer whose clock has been pulled back. For a mail signed in the past, Thunderbird says "could not verify this certificate for unknown reasons". However, it can display the certificate chain properly. - -- Kent Tong Wicket tutorials freely availab

RE: renewing a CA

2009-05-13 Thread Kent Tong
> 'the' CA being a private or internal one, obviously. > (I assume this CA is also trusted by some/all people you communicate > with, otherwise you're not accomplishing anything by using it.) Yes, it is a private CA trusted by all people in our organization. > I'm not familiar with thunderbi

RE: renewing a CA

2009-05-12 Thread Dave Thompson
> From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of Kent Tong > Sent: Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 04:20 > The cert of the CA has expired. I've renewed the CA cert using: > 'the' CA being a private or internal one, obviously. (I assume this CA is also trusted by some/all people you communicate with,

Re: Renewing a CA root certificate

2005-11-25 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005, Jason Haar wrote: > Arsen Hayrapetyan wrote: > > A solution could be one which Jason described. May be the reason by > > which the new root certificate is not recognized is that the serial > > number was changed? > > > > Could very well be the case. Our original CA had a

Re: Renewing a CA root certificate

2005-11-25 Thread Jason Haar
Arsen Hayrapetyan wrote: > A solution could be one which Jason described. May be the reason by > which the new root certificate is not recognized is that the serial > number was changed? > Could very well be the case. Our original CA had a serial number of "0". This has proven to be a bad move

Re: Renewing a CA root certificate

2005-11-25 Thread Arsen Hayrapetyan
Hi Greg and Jason, Greg Vickers wrote: > Hi all, > > Jason Haar wrote: > >> Greg Vickers wrote: >> >>> Thanks again - we will do a re-key. Would I use the CA.pl script and >> > > > >> I really hope someone who knows more than Greg and I can give an >> authoritative answer to this question. I'd L

Re: Renewing a CA root certificate

2005-11-24 Thread Greg Vickers
Hi all, Jason Haar wrote: Greg Vickers wrote: Thanks again - we will do a re-key. Would I use the CA.pl script and I really hope someone who knows more than Greg and I can give an authoritative answer to this question. I'd LOVE to know how to recreate a CA cert (instead of creating a new

Re: Renewing a CA root certificate

2005-11-24 Thread Greg Vickers
Arsen, Arsen Hayrapetyan wrote: However, if your CA root certificate is expiring soon, isn't it better idea to do a re-key (of course, if it is allowed by your policy) than to continue to use the old key-pair? (It is safer to do re-key time to time than use the same key-pair for a long perio

Re: Renewing a CA root certificate

2005-11-24 Thread Jason Haar
Greg Vickers wrote: > Thanks again - we will do a re-key. Would I use the CA.pl script and > put in the same information that is in the original CA certificate? > Will that result in a CA certificate that can be used in browsers etc > and will authenticate web server certificates issued by the old

Re: Renewing a CA root certificate

2005-11-24 Thread Greg Vickers
Thanks Arsen! Arsen Hayrapetyan wrote: I am in the process of renewing a root CA certificate (which is expiring soon.) I should be able to use the original certificate signing request to issue a new certificate for the CA, correct? Yes. But even if you don't have the original certificate signi

Re: Renewing a CA root certificate

2005-11-24 Thread Arsen Hayrapetyan
Hi Greg, Greg Vickers wrote: > Argh, hit the send button before I had finished *blush* > > Greg Vickers wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am in the process of renewing a root CA certificate (which is >> expiring soon.) I should be able to use the original certificate >> signing request to issue a new c

Re: Renewing a CA root certificate

2005-11-23 Thread Greg Vickers
Argh, hit the send button before I had finished *blush* Greg Vickers wrote: Hi all, I am in the process of renewing a root CA certificate (which is expiring soon.) I should be able to use the original certificate signing request to issue a new certificate for the CA, correct? And what is th