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openssl Subject Public Key Info: RSA Public Key: (1024 bit) vs Public Key: (1024 bit)

I have a couple of certificates whose format seem pretty similar except for one thing I have checked the details of the cert by using the following openssl command openssl x509 -in certname -text ...
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How do I set up the DN for a SSL cert with a hostname of greater than 64 characters?

Everywhere I read says to have the server hostname in the commonName field and the subjectAltName field. The problem is that the hostname that I want to sign has greater than 64 characters. Therefore, ...
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Alternatives to a Trusted Root certificate

Given a SSL-protected site that was formerly whitelisted (Allow from x.x.x.x etc), and and a requirement from a customer to change the way authentication works, to use X.509 HTTPS Client verification. ...
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Error while converting der private key to pem

I have DER private key and certificate. I need to convert them to PEM format. Certificate converted normally, but when i try to convert key this error happens: # openssl x509 -in client-key.der ...
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Import of PEM certificate chain and key to Java Keystore

There are plenty of resources out there about this topic, but none I found which covers this slightly special case. I have 4 files; privatekey.pem certificate.pem intermediate_rapidssl.pem ...
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Can you re-use a SSL certificate across platforms?

Let's say I want to buy a wildcard SSL that I can use for web servers, spanning across a multitude of different servers and platform. I could issue a CSR for each and every one of them, with their ...
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Install X509 certificate into Windows 2008 R2

I'm trying to install a certificate into my windows 2008 but I'm not able to do it right. I have a .crt file and I click to install from contextual menu. It succeed to import but if I browse the ...
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Renew SSL client certificates

For a internally used webbased software, which must be available from everywhere, I have created client certificates which are installed in the browsers of authorized consumers. Now, with 2012 being ...
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SSLVerifyClient optional with location-based exceptions

I have a site that requires authentication in order to access certain directories, but not others. (The "directories" are really just rewrite rules that all pass through /index.php) In order to ...
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SSL certificate for Oracle Application Server 11g

I was asked to get an SSL certificate for an "Oracle Application Server 11g" which has a soon-to-expire certificate. Brushing aside the fact that 10g seems to be the newest version, I got a ...
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Can you generate a self signed certificate on Windows Server using CLI tools like certreq and certutil?

I need to quickly generate a self signed certificate on a Windows Server. I'd like to use the standard CLI tools that ship with it. I know I can use openssl.
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extracting raw ASN.1 parts from X.509 certificate

I'd like to extract raw hex ASN.1 data from X.509 certificate. I know, that I can do this by using DER format and hexdumping it. I'm interested in particular parts like "subject", "issuer" and their ...
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Apache SSL x509 authentication timeout

I have setup a location to enable client authentication based on x509 certificates: <Location /authenticate> SSLRequireSSL SSLVerifyClient require SSLVerifyDepth 10 </Location> ...
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How to split a PEM file

Note : This is not really a question because I already found the answer but since I didn't find it easily here I will post it so that it can benefit others. Question : How to read a concatenated PEM ...
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Exchange 2010 can't find SSL certificate that exists

I'm trying to set up TLS for the POP3 server in the Exchange CAS role. I purchased a cert from NameCheap, and the CA path is fully trusted, and installed it within the Certificates MMC snap-in ...
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Any open source web based X509 PKI tool? [closed]

Want to setup a CA, but it's hard to find a good web based X509 PKI tool, any recommend?
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client x.509 based authorization on apache

I want to give my users the ability to login with their own personal x.509 certificates. The user supply me (the account registration script) his/her x.509 public key. Apache should only accept the ...
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How to configure IIS Express to ask for client certificate

Does anybody know how to configure IIS Express to require client certificate for access? I'm trying to debug a problematic ASP.NET application which uses client certificates for authentication.
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x509 Authentication for SSL IRC

Does anyone know if it's possible to do client authentication with x509 signed certificates on any IRCd server? We'd like to set up a work irc server (yes, that's really what we want), but it'd be a ...
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X509 PKI Managment Appliance

Can anybody recommend a X509 managment appliance? The needs are rather basic, it should provide secured storage of private keys and the certificates for users and hosts, offer an overview of ...
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How to setup a reverse proxy to enable HTTP access with basic authentication to an internal HTTPS server that requires a certificate

We have an internal server that requires x509-based authentication, but I've been requested to open it up with a basic user/password authentication. I've been trying to setup a reverse proxy in ...
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How to sign and encrypt all sended mail via sendmail\postfix

I have certificates x.509 for signing and enrypting outgoing emails. I want to create plain emails in some app (Ruby on Rails app in my case) and send it via sendmail with autosign and autocrypt ...
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Is there a provider that offers free SSL certificates that don't give a warning in Firefox 4?

I am looking to install SSL certificates for frequently used https services. I used to use StartSSL for this, but they "temporarily" stopped offering their services. I wonder if there are any other ...
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Is a Self Signed SSL Certificate a False Sense of Security?

Is a Self Signed SSL certificate a false sense of security? If you are being eavesdropped, the user will simply accept the certificate like he/she always does.
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REMOTE_USER = SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN under x509 with +FakeBasicAuth in Apache. Is it possible?

Hi I'm trying to incorporate a software to our intranet services (BackupPc) This Software uses the environment variable REMOTE_USER to get the username. Placed under an Apache 2.2 server with Client ...
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Installing x509 certificates into CF8 Java store

I have a remote Redhat Postgresql box running SSL-enabled. I can successfully connect securely via my desktop in pgAdmin3 at least. I'm using keytool to install the certificate(s) in different ...
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Apache not Forwarding Client x509 Certificate to Tomcat via mod_proxy

I am having difficulties getting a client x509 certificate to be forwarded to Tomcat from Apache using mod_proxy. From observations and reading a few logs it does seem as though the client x509 ...
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Client-side certificates (Apache, Linux, OpenSSL)

My company purchased a wildcard certificate from a vendor. This certificate was successfully configured with Apache 2.2 to secure a subdomain. Everything on the SSL side works. Now I'm required to ...
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Client-side certificates

My company purchased a wildcard certificate from a vendor. This certificate was successfully configured with Apache 2.2 to secure a subdomain. Everything on the SSL side works. Now I'm required to ...
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Can I restrict SSL access to Tomcat by Extended Key Usage?

I'd like to restrict the SSL access to a Tomcat instance using certificates, and not relying on any "user" accounts. I have a CA which is being used to sign the certificates, but if I configure ...
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How can you get x509 to work with Trac?

Hi I have been trying to find a way to get x509 certs for authentication for Trac but I could not find any plugins on TracHacks or tutorials on this. The closest I've seen so far is this post on ...
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Save Remote SSL Certificate via Linux Command Line

Can you think of any linux command-line method for saving the certificate presented by a HTTPS server? Something along the lines of having curl/wget/openssl make a SSL connection and save the cert ...
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OpenSSL x509 Purpose flag “Any Purpose” What is this?

Looking at the details of a certificate using the following: openssl x509 -noout -text -purpose -in mycert.pem I find a bunch of purpose flags (which I've discovered are set by the various ...
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Configuring a Unified Communications Certificate for many virtual hosts running in Jetty

I have a single IP with Jetty serving up X sites on port 80. Basically you can sign up for our service, then point your domain www.mycompany.com to that IP, and Jetty will serve up your custom site. ...
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Can I be my own trusted CA via an signed intermediate certificate?

Can I get a certificate from a root CA that I can then use to sign my own web server certificates? I would, if possible, use a signed certificate as an intermediate to sign other certs. I know that I ...