Yes, that is exactly what you need to do, unless you plan to reverse engineer Microsoft's proprietary private key storage encryption mechanism. _____________________________________ Greg Stark Ethentica, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aslam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 10:44 AM Subject: Getting private key corresponding to a certificate installed in Internet Explorer.. > Hi, > > I have to perform some PKCS#7 sign operation on some message, and I have to > use the certificates in MY store of Windows 2000/IE. > In order to use the openssl pkcs7 stuff I need the private key, so how do i > get it from the Microsoft CSP.. Do I have to export the certificate in > pkcs12 format with the private key..?? > > Any help is much more appriciated... > > Thanks > Aslam > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
