>ohh! it seems I have to import the CAs cert to my trusted CA list. >Thanks so much firefox for the informative error!
I believe this has been filed as an error. It is the relying party that needs to to import a CA certificate, not the owner of the certificate. Anders R ----- Original Message ----- From: "dev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 13:56 Subject: Re: Using crypto.signText in Firefox 2 gives errors ohh! it seems I have to import the CAs cert to my trusted CA list. Thanks so much firefox for the informative error! dev On 6/11/07, dev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > I am a student/web developer and in one of my apps I am trying to > implement digital signing of the form data. AFAIK, the way to do this > is using crypto.signText. As a test for this I am using the e.g > available at http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6152-10/ viz. > > (if I shouldn't have added the code in the mail, please mention it in > the reply ) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > <html> > <head> > <script> > var foo = crypto.signText("Bill of Sale\n--------------------\n3 Tires > $300.00\n1 Axle $795.00\n2 Bumpers > $500.00\n--------------------\nTotal Price $1595.00", "ask"); > </script> > </head> > <body> > This is an HTML page<p> > <script> > document.write(foo); > </script> > </body> > </html> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For creating the PKCS#12 file I used the > http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/CA.pl.html#EXAMPLES page and did > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > perl -S CA.pl -newca > perl -S CA.pl -newreq > perl -S CA.pl -signreq > perl -S CA.pl -pkcs12 "My Test Certificate" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I then imported the .p12 file into Firefox , where it said "your certs > and private keys successfully imported" > > On loading that HTML page I get > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The site is requested that you sign the following text message > > Signing Certificate > TestCertificate01 > Issued to: [EMAIL PROTECTED],CN=testKey,O=My Company > Ltd,L=Newbury,ST=Berkshire,C=GB > Serial Number: 01 > Valid from 06/08/2007 16:04:19 to 06/07/2008 16:04:19 > Issued by: CN=someplace.co.in ,O=My Company Ltd,L=Newbury,ST=Berkshire,C=GB > Stored in: Software Security Device > > To confirm please enter password ... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > But on entering the password I get > > error:internalError > > Any ideas on what could be the problem and how I could fix it? Any > help at all is very much appreciated. > > Thanks and Regards, > devdatta > _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
