It does indeed. But now that my doubts are gone, I'm still missing the neccesary abilities :-) I've looked through the manpages of openssl and everything I found concerning the creation of certificates involved a private key. Do you know how I can actually do it?
cheers Mathias Am 30. Sep 2007 um 20:30:44 -0400, schrieb Massimiliano Pala: > Hi, > > you do not need the private key corresponding to the public key in the > certificate in order to generate it. You need only the public key, and > the private key from the issuing entity (the CA) to generate the certificate > signature. > > If you are issuing a self-signed certificate, then you'll need to use the > private key on the smart-card in order to generate the signature needed in > the certificate. > > I hope this clarifies your doubts :D > > Later, > Max > > > Mathias Tausig wrote: > >Hy! > > > >Is it possible to create a certificate with openssl without using the > >coresponding private key (which is stored in a smartcard) but with the > >public key only? > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Massimiliano Pala > > --o------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Massimiliano Pala [OpenCA Project Manager] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dartmouth Computer Science Dept Home Phone: +1 (603) 397-3883 > PKI/Trust - Office 063 Work Phone: +1 (603) 646-9179 > --o------------------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
