Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-26 Thread Jeff
- Original Message - From: "Tarjei Huse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Noah L. Meyerhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 1:51 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package > > I think I'll end up

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-26 Thread Jeff
- Original Message - From: "Tarjei Huse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Noah L. Meyerhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 1:51 PM Subject: Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package > > I think I'll end up with pyca (www.pyca.org) a

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-25 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 07:38:25PM +0200, Adam ENDRODI wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 01:04:54PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > > > > > I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn > > > all the commandli

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-25 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 07:38:25PM +0200, Adam ENDRODI wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 01:04:54PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > > > > > I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn > > > all the commandli

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-24 Thread Tarjei Huse
Hi, I'd like to thank all who contributed. > If you don't want to run your own certificate authority or pay a > commercial one to sign your key, and you don't have a lot of > certificates to deal with, you can have each key simply be self-signed, > which I believe is what's being recommended here.

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-24 Thread Tarjei Huse
Hi, I'd like to thank all who contributed. > If you don't want to run your own certificate authority or pay a > commercial one to sign your key, and you don't have a lot of > certificates to deal with, you can have each key simply be self-signed, > which I believe is what's being recommended here.

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-24 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 07:38:25PM +0200, Adam ENDRODI wrote: > Perhaps I just misinterpret the terminology, but I've had the > impression that every certificate should be signed, so should the > root of the tree too. Since they sit at the top of the hierarchy > they must be self signed. Am I mis

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-23 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 07:38:25PM +0200, Adam ENDRODI wrote: > Perhaps I just misinterpret the terminology, but I've had the > impression that every certificate should be signed, so should the > root of the tree too. Since they sit at the top of the hierarchy > they must be self signed. Am I mis

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-23 Thread Adam ENDRODI
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 01:04:54PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > > > I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn > > all the commandline switches of openssl by heart. However, I do need a > > simple setup o

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-23 Thread Adam ENDRODI
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 01:04:54PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > > > I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn > > all the commandline switches of openssl by heart. However, I do need a > > simple setup o

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-22 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn > all the commandline switches of openssl by heart. However, I do need a > simple setup of a CA that I may use for creating selfsigned > certificates, webpages th

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-22 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn > all the commandline switches of openssl by heart. However, I do need a > simple setup of a CA that I may use for creating selfsigned > certificates, webpages th

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-21 Thread Martin Helas
On Don Aug 21, 2003 at 12:5630 +0200, Tarjei Huse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn > all the commandline switches of openssl by heart. However, I do need a > simple setup of a CA that I may use for creating selfsigned > c

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-21 Thread Martin Helas
On Don Aug 21, 2003 at 12:5630 +0200, Tarjei Huse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn > all the commandline switches of openssl by heart. However, I do need a > simple setup of a CA that I may use for creating selfsigned > c

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-21 Thread Adam ENDRODI
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > > What are the alternatives besides OpenCA? Does anyone know of a set of > scipts that are a bit less complex and at the same time gives me some of > the same functionality? http://vekoll.saturnus.vein.hu/~borso/ca.tgz You'll find h

Re: Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-21 Thread Adam ENDRODI
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > > What are the alternatives besides OpenCA? Does anyone know of a set of > scipts that are a bit less complex and at the same time gives me some of > the same functionality? http://vekoll.saturnus.vein.hu/~borso/ca.tgz You'll find h

Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-21 Thread Tarjei Huse
Hi, I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn all the commandline switches of openssl by heart. However, I do need a simple setup of a CA that I may use for creating selfsigned certificates, webpages that clients may use to import the certificates and also a way to

Looking for a simple SSL-CA package

2003-08-21 Thread Tarjei Huse
Hi, I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn all the commandline switches of openssl by heart. However, I do need a simple setup of a CA that I may use for creating selfsigned certificates, webpages that clients may use to import the certificates and also a way to