On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 02:13:11PM +0200, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> >I believe that the openssl tool can be used to unprotect a 
> >passphrase-protected certificate key.  I do not remember the actual 
> >command, though.
> 
> With an OpenSSL pkcs#7 cert in pem format (haven't ever done this with 
> der format stuff) on a rig boasting OpenSSL (there are those that don't):
> 
> [cp|mv] cert.pem cert.pem.orig
> 'openssl rsa -in cert.pem.orig -out cert.pem'
> Give password, make sure that cert.pem is now the actual cert used.

Certificates are not passphrase-protected: private keys are.

There's info on how to do this in the mod_ssl FAQ.
http://www.metronet.com/manual/mod/mod_ssl/ssl_faq.html#ToC31

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