Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:13:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jan Luehe <Jan.Luehe@Eng>
Subject: Re: CSR to CER tool?
To: java-security@web1.javasoft.com, svickroy@ast.lmco.com
Scott:
> Is it possible (for me) to 'convert' a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
> generated
> by another product (in this case Oracle Webserver) to make a certificate
>
> suitable for -import (and then -export) in the keytool utility of
> JDK1.2?
>
> I understand (somewhat) that self-signed certificates can be created by
> keytool, and maybe I missed something in the docs regarding CSR's.
You can create (and export) self-signed certs and PKCS#10 CSRs with
keytool.
You can import the CA reply in 2 different formats: either as
a single cert (signed by the CA), or as a PKCS#7 reply containing
the issued cert and its supporting chain.
The command option to create a CSR is "-certreq".
Jan