On Thu June 4 2009, Lucas Mocellin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sorry, I don't understand very much about, but let's try. > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Michael Sierchio <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Lucas Mocellin wrote: > > > > > I would like to generate a certificate valid in hours, does someone know > > > how to do it? is that possible or I have to manage this hours "by > > myself"? > > > > Why? What kind of cert? What is the intended use for the cert? If it's > > for > > the purposes of restricting access to a given time window, use a different > > mechanism. > > yes that's the purpose, the 'kind' of certificate is flexible. > > How do you think I could do differently? I need authenticate someone just > for a few hours (1-3 hours) and then close the connection, I thought to it > with certificates to "let" the certification system manage that for me. >
Although the protocols do renogate the connection on a regular basis; I would be very surprised if that includes re-authentication, only keys. You'll have to do it locally on the server - like teach the server to start a cron job that will, after 1-3 hours - dump the user. Mike > Thanks, > > Lucas. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]
