Hello,
Please disregard this note and the previous one about DER certs and
MySQL databases. I figured them both out!
Sorry to bother the list unnecessarily.
Thank you,
Murrah Boswell
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OTR Comm wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to include the private_key passphrase in the .cnf file?
>
> I do not want to remove the passphrase from this key, but I have an
> application where I do not want to require user interaction to sign a
> certificate.
>
> If this is not possible or alternatively, is it possible to include the
> passphrase on the command line? That is, is there some way that I can
> add the passphrase to this statement:
>
> $SSL/openssl ca -verbose -config acaciPVT-openssl.cnf -gencrl -msie_hack
> \
> -out $DIR/cert.signed \
> -infiles $DIR/req.pem
>
> Is that what the 'key' option is for? If so, do I include -key
> "phassphrase"?
>
> I have developed some perl scripts that run the openssl command above as
> a perl system("...") command, but this requires user interaction at the
> terminal. This is works fine, but what I am trying to do is develop
> some Embperl scripts that gives my CA Administrator access to signing
> certificate requests over a secure VPN with out having to SSH into the
> secure server. I can prompt the CA Admin for the passphrase, and then
> include it into the command string if this is possible.
>
> Also, is there, by any chance, a perl module or API for openssl that
> gives me perl/openssl commands? Currently I have to communicate to
> openssl from within perl scripts with system("...") commands.
>
> Thank you,
> Murrah Boswell
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