Re: Import Keys from OpenSSL into NSS
Hi John, Thank you for the quick reply! I will look into these and will post again if I have any more questions. Thanks again for the information, Jim -- View this message in context: http://mozilla.6506.n7.nabble.com/Import-Keys-from-OpenSSL-into-NSS-tp346675p346751.html Sent from the Mozilla - Cryptography mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
Re: Import Keys from OpenSSL into NSS
On 10/30/2015 06:23 AM, JBarry wrote: Good Morning, I'll apologize in advance if this question has already been asked/answered (I did look and found nothing that helped me out) or if the question seems trivial. I am a college intern currently working with NSS for the first time, so please forgive me if I state anything incorrectly or in a confusing manner. So I would like to import keys generated by OpenSSL into NSS and make them usable in NSS. Any help on how to accomplish this (any commands needed/used) as well was what functions help do this (so I can better understand the system) would be much appreciated. My reasoning behind wanting to do this is mainly because I am having a hard time understanding how keys are generated in NSS and my supervisor stated that if we could import the keys from OpenSSL then that would work just as well. (If you also have the ability to explain this then that would be extra awesome) Any help is much appreciated, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/tools/NSS_Tools_certutil -- John -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
Re: Import Keys from OpenSSL into NSS
On 10/30/2015 10:05 AM, John Dennis wrote: On 10/30/2015 06:23 AM, JBarry wrote: Good Morning, I'll apologize in advance if this question has already been asked/answered (I did look and found nothing that helped me out) or if the question seems trivial. I am a college intern currently working with NSS for the first time, so please forgive me if I state anything incorrectly or in a confusing manner. So I would like to import keys generated by OpenSSL into NSS and make them usable in NSS. Any help on how to accomplish this (any commands needed/used) as well was what functions help do this (so I can better understand the system) would be much appreciated. My reasoning behind wanting to do this is mainly because I am having a hard time understanding how keys are generated in NSS and my supervisor stated that if we could import the keys from OpenSSL then that would work just as well. (If you also have the ability to explain this then that would be extra awesome) Any help is much appreciated, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/tools/NSS_Tools_certutil Opps, hit send too quick You'll create a NSS database using certutil (above link) Then you'll import your key/cert into the NSS database using pk12util https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/Tools/pk12util Some more useful info here in this link: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19316-01/820-4335/ablrf/index.html To get your OpenSSL key/cert into a pkcs12 file you'll need to read up on this command. openssl pkcs12 -export -- John -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
