thnx kyle...i modified my openssl and tried creating other certificate.i
changed the line CA:FALSE to CA:TRUE...i thnk thtz gonna work for me :) n
ya...nw, m gettng a CA to sign my certificate.so i thnk tht the security
problem is no more an issue :) thnx 4 ur help pal :)

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Kyle Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:

> There are two major things necessary to create a code-signing key.
>
> First, your certificate needs to be signed by a CA which you have
> accepted to sign code.  This is part of the Windows certificate
> management interface, and is not discussed here.  (You can import your
> own self-signed certificate for it, but there are many reasons why
> it's better to have a CA than to import your end-use certificate into
> the root store.)
>
> Second, your certificate needs to specifically include the
> "code-signing" OID (1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3) in the extendedKeyUsage
> extension.
>
> This requires a modification to your openssl.cnf file, and I don't
> remember the syntax for it off-hand.
>
> Also, I'd recommend you not use the "v3_ca" extensions section.  Copy
> it to something else with some other name, and remove the part that
> puts the "CA:true" bit into the certificate.
>
> -Kyle H
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:59 PM, shalin mishra
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > hi...i created a certificate for my own use to try signing binaries...i
> get
> > a security warning when i verify my file through a cpp code.but when i
> > verify winword.exe, i gives a successful output...
> >
> > i m using openssl (version openssl-0.9.8h-1-doc) to create
> > certificates...following are the commands by which i created my
> > certificate...
> >
> > //to create .pvk key file
> >
> > openssl genrsa -des3 -out my.pvk
> >
> > //to generate self signed certificate
> >
> > openssl req -new -key my.pvk -x509 -out my.crt -extensions v3_ca -config
> > openssl.cnf
> >
> > //to generate .pfx file
> >
> > openssl pkcs12 -export -in my.crt -inkey my.pvk -passout pass:my -out
> my.pfx
> >
> > i think i am missng something in the command for creating
> certificates.can
> > someone plz help me??? if you require any more information regarding the
> > process then plz tell me...
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