> Now, for the separation between SSL and "signing", do you know that > there's a little bit of signing going on in SSL as well?
Yes, and that's my problem ... what I want to do is a small certification authority which accepts connections from client applications through SSL , and signs certificates with a smart-card. I want to manage SSL with software keys and certificate signing with the smart-card. I don't want the SSL layer to sign with the certification authority keys for certificate signing. Regards Giovanni Calzuola ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]