RE: Need help on creating certs

2010-02-26 Thread Dave Thompson
> From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org On Behalf Of prasad kasthuri > Sent: Thursday, 25 February, 2010 14:44 > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Need help on creating certs > I am getting the following error while creating certs using ope

Re: Need help on creating certs

2010-02-26 Thread Anand Patel
>> Hi Team, >> >> I am getting the following error while creating certs using openssl >> command. Please help me to create a cert using openssl. >> >> C:\OpenSSL\bin>openssl -inkey mykeyfile.pem -in -mycertfile.pem -out >> myCert.p1 >> -

Re: Need help on creating certs

2010-02-26 Thread Chaitra
I think it should be just -key. Thanks & Regards Chaitra Shankar prasad kasthuri wrote: Hi Team, I am getting the following error while creating certs using openssl command. Please help me to create a cert using openssl. C:\OpenSSL\bin>openssl -inkey mykeyfile.pem -in -mycertf

Need help on creating certs

2010-02-26 Thread prasad kasthuri
Hi Team, I am getting the following error while creating certs using openssl command. Please help me to create a cert using openssl. C:\OpenSSL\bin>openssl -inkey mykeyfile.pem -in -mycertfile.pem -out myCert.p1 -export openssl:Error: '-inkey' is an invalid command. Standard comma

Re: Creating certs used for smartcard logon in windows

2009-05-04 Thread Kyle Hamilton
t; -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/Creating-certs-used-for-smartcard-logon-in-windows-tp23338745p23338745.html >>> Sent from the OpenSSL - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> ___

Re: Creating certs used for smartcard logon in windows

2009-05-04 Thread Nate B.
e "test >> certificate" >> >> Neither of these give any errors indicating that there was a problem with >> the [smart_card] section of my openssl.cnf.  Unfortunately, my smart card >> tells me that this certificate doe

Re: Creating certs used for smartcard logon in windows

2009-05-02 Thread Kyle Hamilton
ty to logon. > > What am I missing here?  Or am I completely offtrack? > > Thank you very much, > > Nate B. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Creating-certs-used-for-smartcard-logon-in-windows-tp23338745p23338745.html > Sent from the OpenS

Creating certs used for smartcard logon in windows

2009-05-02 Thread Nate B.
ack? Thank you very much, Nate B. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Creating-certs-used-for-smartcard-logon-in-windows-tp23338745p23338745.html Sent from the OpenSSL - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

Creating certs with dh key exchange?

2008-10-28 Thread Majd Qamhawi
Hi, I am running a HostAPD server on openSUSE and I am having some problems with certificates. The reason why I have set up this server is for learning and testing purposes. I am using my nokia (n95) phone to connect to the Internet and authenticating via the HostAPD server. I am using openssl to

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Tan Eng Ten
Darn, so there's a bug in CA.pl, well, I've never explored that utility. Anyway, if you'd just followed the instructions in the HOWTO to create CSR's, you wouldn't end up having the private key concatenated with the request. And, the private key is needed by "openssl req" to sign the request.

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Thomas J. Hruska
Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:16:31 -0400, Uri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: urimobile> /At least two demoCA sripts - CA and CA.pl CA.sh and CA.pl both do the same wrong thing, bundle the private key with the CSR (Certificate Signature

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Simon McMahon
> IT is common practice for someone making a certificate request to prove that > they have the private key. Normally "proof of possession" is done by signing the request *with* the private key, not sending it in the request. The CA can then verify the requester's possession of private key using

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:16:31 -0400, Uri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: urimobile> /At least two demoCA sripts - CA and CA.pl CA.sh and CA.pl both do the same wrong thing, bundle the private key with the CSR (Certificate Signature Request or something like that, describ

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Uri
Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: PEM should be accepted but its very picky about any extra data before the -BEGIN CERTIFICATE- line. Hmm... I'll check - but I suspect it's too picky for me. :-) True. As IPsec peers can exchange their certs automatically. and I don't think Windows suppor

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Uri
It's fine for any box to store or cache certificates of any kind. Certificates are public data, and only contain a public key. I know that it's fine - am just describing the setup, mostly for the benefit of those who tend to jump to conclusions and give others as little credit as possible u

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005, Uri wrote: > Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > > >PKCS#12 isn't an appropriate format to just import a certificate. You need > >to use PEM or DER form and an appropriate extension such as .crt. > > > > > I figured this out too late. PEM isn't accepted by Windows, but DER > (luck

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Uri
Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: PKCS#12 isn't an appropriate format to just import a certificate. You need to use PEM or DER form and an appropriate extension such as .crt. I figured this out too late. PEM isn't accepted by Windows, but DER (luckily!) is, so now I'm just using DER. IPsec FAQ tha

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:41:17 -0400, Uri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: urimobile> Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: urimobile> urimobile> >>> >What makes you think the private key is included? urimobile> >urimobile> urimobile> >urimobile> The fact that Windows XP ma

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005, Uri wrote: > Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > > >On Sun, Jul 03, 2005, Uri wrote: > > > > > > > >>How do I create a request that doesn't contain private key, and how do I > >>sign it? Could you give me an example please? > >> > >What makes you think the private key is included?

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Uri
Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: >What makes you think the private key is included? urimobile> urimobile> The fact that Windows XP machine (into which I load the urimobile> created cert) claims to now have the private key for it. Uhmmm, in a X.509 PKI, you need a key pair (private and pub

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Rich Salz
> Darn, I thought I explained the problem: openssl "req" seems to require > private key of the cert requestor, which defeats the whole idea of PKI. No. IT is common practice for someone making a certificate request to prove that they have the private key. This is known as "proof of possession" a

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-04 Thread Olaf Gellert
Uri wrote: > Does openssl (9.0.9.7g or 0.9.8beta6) allow creating certs (signing > others' public keys) without havign their private keys presented to the > signer? > > [For having to bring private key along with the public key sort fo > defea

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Joshua Juran
On Jul 4, 2005, at 12:00 AM, Uri wrote: Tan Eng Ten wrote: But how??? Could you give an example please (of [a] creating, and [b] signing a "req")? How is in the HOWTO (http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/) Darn, I thought I explained the problem: openssl "req" seems to require private key

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:03:50 -0400, Uri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: urimobile> Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: urimobile> urimobile> >On Sun, Jul 03, 2005, Uri wrote: urimobile> > urimobile> >>How do I create a request that doesn't contain private urimobile> >>key, and how

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:00:20 -0400, Uri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: urimobile> Tan Eng Ten wrote: urimobile> urimobile> >> But how??? Could you give an example please (of [a] urimobile> >> creating, and [b] signing a "req")? urimobile> > urimobile> > How is in the HO

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Uri
Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: On Sun, Jul 03, 2005, Uri wrote: How do I create a request that doesn't contain private key, and how do I sign it? Could you give me an example please? What makes you think the private key is included? The fact that Windows XP machine (into which I load the

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Uri
Tan Eng Ten wrote: But how??? Could you give an example please (of [a] creating, and [b] signing a "req")? How is in the HOWTO (http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/) Darn, I thought I explained the problem: openssl "req" seems to require private key of the cert requestor, which defeats the

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Sun, Jul 03, 2005, Uri wrote: > But how??? > > Creating a certificate request ("req") with openssl seems to require > that private key is included! How do I avoid it? > > How do I create a request that doesn't contain private key, and how do I > sign it? Could you give me an example please

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Thomas J. Hruska
Tan Eng Ten wrote: But how??? Could you give an example please (of [a] creating, and [b] signing a "req")? How is in the HOWTO (http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/) Or just use the Perl script that ships with OpenSSL called CA.pl (Required at least Perl 5.6.x to be installed). Thomas Hrusk

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Tan Eng Ten
But how??? Could you give an example please (of [a] creating, and [b] signing a "req")? How is in the HOWTO (http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/) __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Supp

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Uri
Bernhard Froehlich wrote: Uri wrote: Does openssl (9.0.9.7g or 0.9.8beta6) allow creating certs (signing others' public keys) without havign their private keys presented to the signer? [For having to bring private key along with the public key sort fo defeats the whole purpse PKI.]

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Uri
David Schwartz wrote: Does openssl (9.0.9.7g or 0.9.8beta6) allow creating certs (signing others' public keys) without havign their private keys presented to the signer? Of course, But how??? Creating a certificate request ("req") with openssl seems t

RE: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread David Schwartz
> Does openssl (9.0.9.7g or 0.9.8beta6) allow creating certs (signing > others' public keys) without havign their private keys presented to the > signer? Of course, > [For having to bring private key along with the public key sort fo > defeats the whole purpse PK

Re: Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Bernhard Froehlich
Uri wrote: Does openssl (9.0.9.7g or 0.9.8beta6) allow creating certs (signing others' public keys) without havign their private keys presented to the signer? [For having to bring private key along with the public key sort fo defeats the whole purpse PKI.] You are totally right. Be

Creating certs for others (without their private keys)

2005-07-03 Thread Uri
Does openssl (9.0.9.7g or 0.9.8beta6) allow creating certs (signing others' public keys) without havign their private keys presented to the signer? [For having to bring private key along with the public key sort fo defeats the whole purps

creating certs for decryption keys

2003-10-16 Thread Nils Larsch
Hi, how can I create a (x509) certificate for a decryption key generated on a smartcard (of course not extractable) using the standard OpenSSL command line tools ? Creating a pkcs10 cert request is (in general) not possible, as the key can't create the signature needed for the self-signed pkcs10 r

error creating certs..

2000-08-07 Thread Shashank D.Jha
hi, I am trying to create certificate..all is well till I call last method.. CA.pl -signreq C:\ssl\openssl-0.9.5a\out32dll>CA.pl -signreq Using configuration from C:\ssl\openssl-0.9.5a\apps\openssl.cnf Loading 'screen' into random state - done unable to load CA private key 114:error:0906D06C:PEM

creating certs

1999-11-10 Thread Terrell Larson
I created a self signed with the following command: openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in blahcsr.pem -signkey blahkey.pem -out blahcert.pem blahkey was created with the genrsa command. Now, docs and info I can gleen state that the -signkey option causes the resulting output file, in this case "blah