Re: certificate for non-iis server question
From: Brian Komar (bkomar_at_nospam.komarconsulting.com)
Date: 05/13/04
- Next message: Tim Arheit: "Re: Dos program."
- Previous message: Leon Mayne [MVP]: "Re: Macro Certificates with Enterprise Server"
- Next in thread: djc: "Re: certificate for non-iis server question"
- Reply: djc: "Re: certificate for non-iis server question"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 08:47:43 -0500
When you export the certificate file, choose Base64 next time. You have
chosen DER-encoded, which is not a text representation of the
certificate.
Brian
In article <#GAOSBsLEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, noone@nowhere.com
says...
> my example "stuff between BEGIN CERT and END CERT ... including begin and
> end lines" is not what I see. Its what I am looking for. When I open up the
> .cer file in notepad I see junk. Not even text characters. I see funny
> symbols as well. There is no BEGIN or END lines like I see when gettting a
> cert from Verisign.
>
> "S. Pidgorny <MVP>" <slavickp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eimz3VpLEHA.3472@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > What is cryptic stuff between BEGIN CERT and END CERT (those lines
> included)
> > is the text representation of the certificate, so-called PEM format. That
> > should work for the AV Web interface. If that doesn't work, you might
> refer
> > to the documentation for troubleshooting - might be problems with format
> as
> > well as trust to the issuing CA.
> >
> > --
> > Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MVP, MCSE
> > -= F1 is the key =-
> >
> > "djc" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:e8xsSGfLEHA.628@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > I need to obtain the same 'text' of a certificate that I would if I were
> > to
> > > use Verisign, or some other 3rd party certification authority, using
> > > microsoft certificate services (windows 2000 server). How would I go
> about
> > > doing that?
> > >
> > > other info: using the certificates snapin I can request and get a
> > > certificate but the format it opens in is a windows dialog, not just the
> > > text I need. From this properties dialot I can 'copy to file' but again,
> > > that creates files the only open the same type of properties dialog.
> Just
> > > opening the file in notepad shows a lot of characters that lead me to
> > > believe that is not the text I need. What I am expecting is similar to
> > this:
> > >
> > > -------------- BEGIN CERT------------------
> > > KJDAKJDF;AKJDFKADJFADJFASDJFAK
> > > ADJF;KLAJDF;AKJSDF;KASJDFKDFKDJ
> > > ADL;KJFA;DJF;AKSDJF;ASKJDF;ADJF;A
> > > ADKFJ;ASD;FJA;SDFFJ;AKSJDF;AKJDFA
> > > AJ;SDFJKA;SDKJF;ASDFFJ;ALSJDFKDFJ
> > > ETC...
> > > ------------- END CERT ---------------------
> > >
> > > any help is appreciated. by the way, the cert is for an antivirus smtp
> > > gateway that is managed via browser. It wants me to paste in the text of
- Next message: Tim Arheit: "Re: Dos program."
- Previous message: Leon Mayne [MVP]: "Re: Macro Certificates with Enterprise Server"
- Next in thread: djc: "Re: certificate for non-iis server question"
- Reply: djc: "Re: certificate for non-iis server question"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Relevant Pages
|
|
