Re: Certificate Management Tools

From: Edward A. Feustel (efeustel_at_direcway.com)
Date: 04/28/05 

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:21:49 -0400

"TC" <golemdanube@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1114619759.593802.119830@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> What software is available for creating and managing certificates?
>
> After researching certificates, I have determined I need a self-signed
> certificate with a distant expiration date (~20 years) which can be
> applied by multiple computers.
>
> I have also determined that I do not have the ability to create such a
> certificate. I have Microsoft's selfcert.exe and the certification
> authoriy included with Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. With these tools,
> I can create certificates, but I have no control over the expiration
> date and I cannot export the private key (and therefore can only apply
> the certificate from the computer on which it was created).
>
> I am unfamiliar with the other tools out there. Can anyone tell me what
> software is available for creating and managing certificates?
>
>
> -TC
>
>
Take a look at the NSS (Netscape Security Services?) package.
There is also a JSS package which is the Java adapter.
These libraries are used by Mozilla and Netscape for creating and managing
certificates
as well as all the associated encryption.
Ed

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