The rpoblem is, that the handling of the samrt card is a bit complicated in the
state it is now, and I'm simply not sure, wether I am able to make the
certificate without using the private key at all (that is without signing, too).
cheers
Mathias
Am 01. Oct 2007, schrieb Mike Nelson:
Yes.
It does indeed. But now that my doubts are gone, I'm still missing the
neccesary abilities :-)
I've looked through the manpages of openssl and everything I found concerning
the creation of certificates involved a private key. Do you know how I can
actually do it?
cheers
Mathias
Am 30. Sep
Hy!
Is it possible to create a certificate with openssl without using the
coresponding private key (which is stored in a smartcard) but
with the public
key only?
Your question really doesn't make any sense. Why would the key being in a
smartcard keep you from using it? The whole point
* David Schwartz wrote on Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 02:51 -0700:
Before a CA signs a certificate, it needs to know that that the
identity it is certifying owns the private key that corresponds
to the public key in the certificate. This almost always
requires that private key to be used in some way.
.
In the case of smart cards and embedded devices, the keypair and CSR are
generated and the private key is never exposed.
Google the terms 'PKCS#10' 'SPKAC' and 'CSR'
- Michael
-Original Message-
From: Mathias Tausig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subj: certificate withou private key
Date: Sun 2007
Hy!
Is it possible to create a certificate with openssl without using the
coresponding private key (which is stored in a smartcard) but with the public
key only?
Mathias
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OpenSSL Project
Hello,
Is it possible to create a certificate with openssl without using the
coresponding private key (which is stored in a smartcard) but with the public
key only?
To create certificate with OpenSSL you need Certificate Request.
This request should be generated with your smartcard software
.
Google the terms 'PKCS#10' 'SPKAC' and 'CSR'
- Michael
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From: Mathias Tausig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subj: certificate withou private key
Date: Sun 2007 Sep 30 14:33
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Hy!
Is it possible to create a certificate with openssl without
Mathias Tausig schrieb:
Hy!
Is it possible to create a certificate with openssl without using the
coresponding private key (which is stored in a smartcard) but with the public
key only?
Mathias
It depends on which private key you are talking about...
A certificate as such is a piece of
Hi,
you do not need the private key corresponding to the public key in the
certificate in order to generate it. You need only the public key, and
the private key from the issuing entity (the CA) to generate the certificate
signature.
If you are issuing a self-signed certificate, then you'll
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