Hi I tried with client.p12 first, when i failed I went on with client_cert.x509. I placed it in the personal folder ...
Regards & Thanks ================ Mahesh S Kudva -----Original Message----- From: "lercoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 17:31:54 +0200 Subject: Re: Client Authentication > You should import only client.p12 certificate in IE browser and > when IE asks you in which folder you want to put it select Personal > Folder. > > I hope it helps you. > > Luca Ercoli > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mahesh S Kudva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:08 PM > Subject: Client Authentication > > > > Dear All > > > > I've been able to setup Tomcat 5.0.30 successfully on port 8443. I > want to > > use client authentication. Hence i've enabled clientAuth=true in > > server.xml > > > > Running on Mac OS X these were the commands to create a CA and sign a > > certificate using this CA. > > > > Creating a new CA: > > 1) perl CA.pl -newca > > > > Certificate request using openssl: > > 1) perl CA.pl -newreq > > 2) perl CA.pl -sign > > 3) mv newreq.pem client_req.pem > > 4) mv newcert.pem client_cert.pem > > 5) openssl rsa < client_req.pem > client_key.pem > > 6) openssl pkcs12 -export -in client_cert.pem -inkey client_key.pem > -out > > client.p12 > > > > For Tomcat using Java keytool to request certificate: > > 1) openssl x509 -in server_cert.pem -out server.x509 > > 2) openssl pkcs12 -export -in server_cert.pem -inkey server_key.pem > > -out server.p12 > > 3) keytool -genkey -alias meAsClient -storepass changeit > > 4) keytool -certreq -alias measclient -file client.csr -storepass > changeit > > 5) openssl x509 -req -CA demoCA/cacert.pem -CAkey > > demoCA/private/cakey.pem -extensions v3_ca -in client.csr -inform > DER > > -out client_cert.x509 -CAcreateserial > > 6) keytool -import -alias butterflyCA -keystore /Syst.. > ..urity/cacerts > > -file ../CA/demoCA/cacert.pem > > 7) keytool -import -alias measclient -keystore clientstore > -trustcacerts > > -file client_cert.x509 > > > > > > Following these commands I dont get any errors. I then import the > > cacert.pem, the ROOT CA certificate and the client.p12 and > > client_cert.x509 to the browser I.E 6.0. But still there is a popup > > requesting for the clients identity and it asks me to select a > > certificate and no certificates are displayed. > > > > How can I go about this? > > > > > > All suggestion and ideas are welcome. > > > > > > > > Regards & Thanks > > ================ > > Mahesh S Kudva > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Robosoft Technologies - Partners in Product Development > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- Robosoft Technologies - Partners in Product Development --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
