On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Michael S. Zick <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Thu June 4 2009, Lucas Mocellin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm sorry, I don't understand very much about, but let's try. > I'm starting to learn. > > > > > 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. > > > I want authenticate someone, and THEN authorize him for a while to do something. > > > Although the protocols do renogate the connection on a regular basis; > I would be very surprised if that includes re-authentication, only keys. hmm.. it's interesting.. I thought, for example, OpenVPN should 'manage' this certificate expiration. > > > 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. If it's necessary, it'll be done, but I would like to avoid this work. if you're available and if you have any IM (google talk, MSN, *) please let me know. PS: I'm undergradute student and this is for a project. Thanks a lot, Lucas. > > > 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] >
