On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:32:04 +0200
Goetz Babin-Ebell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> --On Juli 22, 2007 14:22:42 +0000 nobody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:38:47 +0200
> > Goetz Babin-Ebell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> --On Freitag, Juli 20, 2007 14:49:54 +0000 nobody
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> 
> You don't protect the certificate.
> That would be useless, since the certificate is public information.
> You protect the private key.
> If you use the certificate for client authentication you
> need the private key, and if the private key is passphrase protected,
> indirectly the certificate becomes passphrase protected.

That isn't happening. I did create a password-protected private key and
none of the email clients ask for the password when using it.

______________________________________________________________________
OpenSSL Project                                 http://www.openssl.org
User Support Mailing List                    openssl-users@openssl.org
Automated List Manager                           [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to