A cer file doesn't have a private key. You must have a p12 or pfx file, in 
general a pkcs12 file.

Paulo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Felipe Gaúcho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Post all your questions about iText here" 
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [iText-questions] example using BouncyCastle


> ok,
>
> I received a cer file from CaCert - how to use it with iText :)
>
> that's it. Original code using keytool generated certificate works
> fine. I can import the CER content into a keystore and inspect it, but
> I can't use it to sign :(
>
> I will keep trying and studying the web available material.. soon I
> get any result I back to ask here.
>
> Thank you very much by the friendly support.
>
> On 8/1/07, Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> A pkcs7 doesn't have a private key.
>>
>> Paulo
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Felipe Gaúcho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Post all your questions about iText here"
>> <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 10:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] example using BouncyCastle
>>
>>
>> > trying the below code I can inspect the signature, everything seems 
>> > fine.
>> >
>> > File pkcs7File = new File("mycacert.p7b");
>> > FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(pkcs7File);
>> > byte[] bytes = new byte[inputStream.available()];
>> > inputStream.read(bytes);
>> > sun.security.pkcs.PKCS7.PKCS7 pk = new PKCS7(bytes);
>> > java.security.cert.X509Certificate.X509Certificate[] chain =
>> > pk.getCertificates();
>> >
>> > problem: in the method setCrypto of the signature appearance, I need
>> >
>> > java.security.PrivateKey
>> > java.security.cert.Certificate[]
>> >
>> > how to convert:
>> >
>> > BouncyCastle
>> >     Java API
>> > sun.security.pkcs.PKCS7.PKCS7                         -->>
>> > java.security.PrivateKey
>> > java.security.cert.X509Certificate.X509Certificate[]   -->>
>> > java.security.cert.Certificate[]
>> >
>> > or how to use bouncy with iText ?


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