NODE ea06cbe1MS self-generated X.509 validity?
"David K. Merriman" <merriman@arn.net>Thu, 21 Mar 1996 18:25:51 +0800
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I've just had a chance to go through the SDK MS is giving away for their
ActiveX package. Interestingly, there's a little utility included for
generating X.509 certs. The read.me that is included claims that the certs
so generated don't have any real validity, as they're not linked to anything
in the known universe (paraphrasing :-).
My question is, is this an otherwise usable cert? I'll be happy to give
anyone interested a copy of the files (shellback.cer and shellback.spc) I
generated, if they'd like to examine/validate them.
If the certs are, in fact, valid, I'll be glad to make the program available
to others for 'testing purposes'.
Dave Merriman
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NODE 8aac62baRe: MS self-generated X.509 validity?
Eric Young <eay@mincom.oz.au>Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:13:58 +0800
On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, David K. Merriman wrote:
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> I've just had a chance to go through the SDK MS is giving away for their
> ActiveX package. Interestingly, there's a little utility included for
> generating X.509 certs. The read.me that is included claims that the certs
> so generated don't have any real validity, as they're not linked to anything
> in the known universe (paraphrasing :-).
>
> My question is, is this an otherwise usable cert? I'll be happy to give
> anyone interested a copy of the files (shellback.cer and shellback.spc) I
> generated, if they'd like to examine/validate them.
Send them to me and I'll have a look and comment on them if you like.
I have a few tools for pulling apart X509/ASN.1 objects :-)
eric
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