Hi guys,

AFAIK MS CA does not have separate RA, it is all-in-one solution (please 
correct me somebody if I'm not right), so there is no chances for 
interoperability with OpenCA CA.

Regards,
Dmitrij

samuel gheller wrote:
> Hi Max,
>
> No, I don't know the message format of MS CA, it was just a theoretic 
> question, just to know if it was possible because it could be a good 
> argument. I thought it was easier to do it because the messages are 
> base on the ASN1 format which is a standard.
>
> Best regards,
> Sam
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:59:54 -0500
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: openca-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [Openca-Users] OpenCA interoperability
> >
> > Hi Sam9,
> >
> > I am not familiar with MS CA, and I have no idea about what format of
> > messages it uses between the RA and the CA. Unless MS CA supports our
> > 'custom' message format, you can not. Do you know what types of messages
> > are supported by MS CA ?
> >
> > Actually, as now, there is no standard that would address that issue.
> > Currently at the IETF the Certificate Management via CMS is the 
> candidate
> > for that, but it is a quite complicate message format (although I have
> > not read the last I-D that came out November).
> >
> > Later,
> > Max
> >
> >
> > Sam9 wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Just want to know if you can match for example a CA from OpenCA 
> and a RA
> > > from Microsoft CA for example. I think it's possible if the CA 
> (OpenCA)
> > > signs the certificate of the RA (Microsoft). By this way, the RA 
> would be
> > > trusted by the CA and the RA could operate in the architecture.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure of this possibility so if anyone can guide me ...
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > Sam
> >
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> >
> > Massimiliano Pala
> >
> > 
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