Re: How to generate a .crt file?

From: David Cross [MS] (dcross_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 05:14:04 -0800

what encoding format do you need on the OpenSSL server? you should be able
to just rename the file to *.crt. 

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"Jeremy" <jeremyts@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ede0a130.0312290442.6881812a@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm having difficulty importing a certificate signed by my Windows
> 2003 Enterprise Root CA into an Apache (OpenSSL) web server.
>
> I have followed the standard procedures for securing IIS, however the
> OpenSSL web server only accepts a .crt file, but the downloaded
> certificate generated by the Windows 2003 Certificate Server is a .cer
> file.
>
> No matter what I do, I cannot get Certificate Services to generate a
> file with a .crt file extension.
>
> Can I simply rename the .cer to a .crt, or is this completely
> incompatible?
>
> The developer that supplied the application (web server) says that
> "You would specify that you would like to recieve the signed
> certificate in Apache format (OpenSSL)." I didn't know there were
> different formats. There is certainly no way of telling Certificate
> Services of this. I would assume that the Web Server certificate
> template, within Certificate Services, provides an industry standard
> certificate.
>
> I would appreciate any advice.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy.

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