Akila, look at this:
http://ospkibook.sourceforge.net/docs/OSPKI-2.4.7/OSPKI-html/impl-openca.htm
Massimiliano Pala wrote:
> > "Shobana.V" wrote:
> >
> > sir,
> > i am akila working on a security project.i am using the openca project....
> > I need to know more about the way the certificates are created and how they are
> > stored , where the LDAP comes into picture.please help me out and help me
> > with some more detailed documentations.
>
> Well, I don't have much time, right now, anyway I'll try to be as clear as possible.
>
> 1. Certificates are created with the help of the OpenSSL
> crypto library - the openssl frontend command is used
> with the hel of the OpenCA::OpenSSL PERL module to provide
> base certificate and crypto (generation, conversion, etc...);
>
> 2. Currently certificates are stored using DBMs. Base support is
> provided by PERL and an additional OpenCA::DB provide more
> complex and higher level functions ( such as storage, retrival ).
> This helps handling easily with different types of data ( such
> as requests, certificates, crls );
>
> 3. LDAP is used to prvide an easy way to access certificates using
> browsers. Indeed most browsers support Directory search, so you
> can be able to retrieve a certificate directly from the LDAP
> server. LDAP is obviously an add-on used only on the RAServer
> ( and obviously by users );
>
> C'you,
>
> Massimiliano Pala ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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