Re: [apache-ssl] Verisign procedures for obtaining certificate
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Re: [apache-ssl] Verisign procedures for obtaining certificate



Thanks, that worked fine.  

On Thu, 02 Jul 1998 17:25:14 +0100 Adam Laurie <adam@algroup.co.uk> 
wrote:

> Darn. One day I'll learn to read the *whole* message before replying...
> :)
> 
> OK, if you're trying to get your shiny new cert to work with apache-ssl,
> all you need to do is add the following to your config:
> 
> SSLCertificateFile /path/to/your/new.verisign.cert
> SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/your/key.that.you.signed.the.request.with
> 
> and possibly (depending on what version you're running):
> 
> SSLCACertificateFile /a/dummy/entry/because/of/a/bug/in/1.17
> 
> cheers,
> Adam
> 
> 
> Adam Laurie wrote:
> > 
> > if you want to examine the cert, use:
> > 
> > ssleay x509 -text -in your.cert
> > 
> > If you want to generate a linked hash, do:
> > 
> > ln -s your.cert `ssleay x509 -noout -hash < your.cert`.0
> > 
> > cheers,
> > Adam
> > 
> > Todd B. Acheson wrote:
> > >
> > > I am attempting to get a verisign certificate.
> > >
> > > I received instructions (included below)  from verisgin and I generated
> > > a CSR and received a certificate.
> > >
> > > However I cannot find the "getca" or "getversign" programs or commands
> > > that they reference to extract the Server ID.  I have SSLeay 0.81 and
> > > 0.90b.
> > >
> > > Verisign is no help in the matter.
> > >
> > > -----
> > > 1. VeriSign will have sent you a certificate in the mail. This  will look
> > > something like the following:
> > >       -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
> > >       JIEBSDSCEXoCHQEwLQMJSoZILvoNVQECSQAwcSETMRkOAMUTBhMuVrM
> > >       mIoAnBdNVBAoTF1JTQSBEYXRhIFNlY3VyaXR5LCBJbmMuMRwwGgYDVQ
> > >       QLExNQZXJzb25hIENlcnRpZmljYXRlMSQwIgYDVQQDExtPcGVuIE1hc
> > >       mtldCBUZXN0IFNlcnZlciAxMTAwHhcNOTUwNzE5MjAyNzMwWhcNOTYw
> > >       NTE0MjAyOTEwWjBzMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEgMB4GA1UEChMXUlNBIER
> > >       hdGEgU2VjdXJpdHksIEluYy4xHDAaBgNVBAsTE1BlcnNvbmEgQ2VydG
> > >       lmaWNhdGUxJDAiBgNVBAMTG09wZW4gTWFya2V0IFRlc3QgU2VydmVyI
> > >       DExMDBcMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA0sAMEgCQQDU/7lrgR6vkVNX40BA
> > >       q1poGdSmGkD1iN3sEPfSTGxNJXY58XH3JoZ4nrF7mIfvpghNi1taYim
> > >       vhbBPNqYe4yLPAgMBAAEwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQECBQADQQBqyCpws9EaAj
> > >       KKAefuNP+z+8NY8khckgyHN2LLpfhv+iP8m+bF66HNDUlFz8ZrVOu3W QapgL
> > >       PV90kIskNKXX3a
> > >    ------END CERTIFICATE-----
> > > 1. Copy the entire certificate, including the begin certificate and end
> > > certificate lines into a text editor such as Notepad (do not use Word or
> > > another word processing program.) Make sure that the certificate appears as
> > > formatted above. In other words, make sure that the begin certificate and
> > > end certificate lines are by themselves.
> > > 2. Secure Server ID PRIVACY-ENHANCED message to a temporary file, such as
> > > /tmp/cert.tmp.
> > > 3. Run getca and specify both the name of the server that owns the ID and
> > > the name of the temporary certificate file. For example: # getca hostname <
> > > /tmp/cert.tmp
> > > 4. In some versions of SSLEAY, you should use the command getversign instead
> > > of getca
> > > 5. This saves the Secure Server ID to the file SSLTOP/certs/hostname.cert
> > > 6. Remove the temporary file. For example: # rm/tmp/cert.tmp
> > > 7. Restart the server.
> > >
> > > ----------------------
> > > Todd Acheson
> > > 740 593-0034
> > >
> > > acheson@ohiou.edu
> > 
> > --
> > Adam Laurie                   Tel: +44 (181) 742 0755
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> 
> --
> Adam Laurie                   Tel: +44 (181) 742 0755
> A.L. Digital Ltd.             Fax: +44 (181) 742 5995
> Voysey House                  
> Barley Mow Passage            http://www.aldigital.co.uk
> London W4 4GB                 mailto:adam@algroup.co.uk
> UNITED KINGDOM                PGP key on keyservers

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Todd Acheson
740 593-0034

acheson@ohiou.edu