Outlook Express and MSIE takes certificates of the following types
(more than one certificate can be stored in each file):
Personal Information Exchange - PKCS 12 format (.PFX)
Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard - PKCS 7 format (.p7b)
Microsoft Serialized Certificate Store (.sst)
I don't think the file extensions are important because from MSIE version 5,
you can have your IE import Netscape certifcates and vice versa.
I only tried PKCS12 formats for importing, but others should work.
I haven't tried generating the certificates using 'openssl' program, but the
options to make PKCS12 and PKCS7 formats are available. Read the
appropriate man pages (pkcs12 and pkcs7).
If you are planning to use the certificate for signing your outgoing e-mail
messages, you will need to put your e-mail address you want to use in the
certificate (as part of its DN) and also, you'll need to trust the issuer
certificate(s) of the certificate you're using.
If I'm wrong on any of this, feel free to correct me.
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Peter Kim
Software Developer
Xcert International Inc.
URL: http://www.xcert.com
homepage: http://home.xcert.com/~pckim
ph 604 640 6210 ext 268
Explicitly trust my certificate or download the Xcert Internal Repository CA
to verify my signature.
URL:
https://wsca.xcert.com:444/send-ca-cert.xuda?CA=3fb7cf984e10a9c46c5ac9deab0b
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>
> Hi,
>
> sorry for this stupid question:
> how can I create a certificate compliant with MS OutlookExpress and/or MS
> IE? What kind of format may I use (DER, PEM, CER, .....)?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rosario
>
>
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