Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]SHEESH! Just when I thought I was starting to understand computers.... you come up with this!!! I think I'll just go back into a dark room, and pout! Dan ( Duh, the penguin ate my homework....) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 12:34 AM Subject: [Leica] OT: fishing for X.509 expertise > This is "on topic" because I need the answer to this question as part of > the next-generation LUG server I am building. Please don't waste your time > reading this unless you have RSA X.509 experience. > > I need to find an X.509 guru to help me understand how to: > > * Remove a password from a signed certificate. I know the pw. There must > be some set of options to the openssl command that will do this, but I > can't find them. > > * Make a web page that will download a CA cert into IE. > > * Find a CA that is known to IE that will issue me a cert without my > having to pay a fortune every year. The cheapest commercial 128-bit certs > I've found are $700 from Thawte. > > Right now I have a self-signed cert on https://server2.waverley.reid.org/ > and most versions of IE are pretty unhappy with it. I am offended by the > politics behind this IE behavior, but I can't afford to let that emotion > interfere with my quest for a solution. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html