OpenCA Version SNAP-12-10-1999 RELEASED - Developer Release
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OpenCA - The Open Certification Authority Toolkit
(http://www.openca.org)
The OpenCA core team wants to announce the newly issued SNAPSHOT of the
OpenCA software. We have recently created a new directory in our ftp site
containing the most recent version of the software that is in an intermediate
status (not yet a release version), so it is to be considered UNSTABLE but
in most cases will add some functions you might want to test.
IMPORTANT:
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This version is proposed as the code-freeze for the next release
of the OpenCA software. You are STRONGLY encouraged to download
it and report any bug before release date.
No new features will be added to the new version, just bug fixing,
so please contribute.
Proposed Next Release Version : 0.1.10
Proposed Release Date : 25 Oct 1999
OpenCA Current features:
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o Certification Authority can now import Requests, list certificate
requests, export certs, archivie requests, view archivied requests,
delete requests, issue certificates, verify RA operator identity;
o Certification Authority now verify the Approved Requests Signature
of the RA's Operator;
o Certification Authority now can generate its secret key, generate
a CSR, export CSR, export CA certificate from its web interface;
o Registration Authorities Server can list pending/deleted/archivied
requests, approve requests, export requests to removable media,
import new certs from removable media;
o Registration Authority Server can import CA certificate;
o Approved requests are now to be signed by the Operator;
OpenCA differences between previous release (0.109a):
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o RAServer code review, minor changes;
o Large code review of the cgi-secure directory' programs: now all
parameters are taken from a single configuration file;
o Added apache startup scripts and example configuration files;
o Major Installation Bugs Corrected;
o CA Management section mostly completed;
o Approved Request have now to be signed by the RA Operator (PKCS#7)
through signedform;
o More installation scripts;
o Perl modules included in the base package ( in misc/perl-modules dir);
o New patches for OpenSSL v0.9.4 included (as well as the ones for v0.9.3);
o Support for last OpenSSL SNAPs without patches (use the very last);
o New tool verify ( pkcs7 signature ) for OpenSSL v0.9.4 included and used to
verify signatures on the CA;
o Minor bug fixed;
Notes:
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This release still is a developer-only version. Please refer to our web site on
how to contribute to the project: you are strongly encouraged to contribute to
the project so as to speed up community driven development, the best. Mailing
lists are also available.
Software Availability
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We consider the announced version the most reliable one, and we encourage users
of older ones to upgrade their packages. Corrently you can find archives at our
web site ftp://ftp.openca.org. The site is currently slow and no mirrors have
been set up so far, please be patient.
Mirrors list:
o ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch
We hope you find this software useful and to receive many comments and/or proposal
and/or code coming from the users' community. As soon as possible the project will
be put under cvs for better revision control.
Mirroring Notes
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If you plan to mirror us, please let us know as to make your ftp site available
among the mirrors list.
Contacts
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To contact us, please visit our web site where you will find any information on
how to send your comments to us.
Massimiliano Pala
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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