Sun Microsystems 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 37)

Chapter 4 Section 4.4
Operating SSL Using the OpenSSL Utility
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private key and the corresponding certificate for the CA. The certificate is valid for 365
days starting from the date and time it was created.
The properties file C:\openssl\bin\openssl.cnf is needed for the req command. The
default config.cnf file is in the OpenSSL package under the apps sub-directory.
Note: That to use this file in Windows, you must change the paths to use double back-
slashes. See
“Windows OpenSSL.cnf File Example” on page 38 for a complete
Config.cnf file example, which is known to work in a Windows environment.
4.4.2
Signing Certificates With Your Own CA
The example in this section shows how to create a CSR with keytool and generate a
signed certificate for the CSR with the CA created in the previous section. The steps
shown in this section, for generating a KeyStore and a CSR, were already explained
under
“Creating a KeyStore in JKS Format” on page 29 .
Note: No details are given here for the keytool commands. See “Creating a KeyStore in
JKS Format” on page 29 for more information.
To create a CSR with keytool and generate a signed certificate for the CSR
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keytool –keystore clientkeystore –genkey –alias client
Enter keystore password: seebeyond
What is your first and last name?
[Unknown]:
development.seebeyond.com
What is the name of your organizational unit?
[Unknown]:
Development
What is the name of your organization?
[Unknown]:
SeeBeyond
What is the name of your City or Locality?
[Unknown]:
Monrovia
What is the name of your State or Province?
[Unknown]:
California
What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
[Unknown]:
US
Is a, C=US>
correct?
[no]: yes
Enter key password for
(RETURN if same as keystore password):
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keytool –keystore clientkeystore –certreq –alias client –
keyalg rsa –file client.csr
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openssl x509 -req -CA
ca-certificate.pem.txt CAkey ca-key.pem.txt
-in client.csr -out client.cer -days 365 -CAcreateserial
This is how we create a signed certificate for the associated CSR. The option
-CAcreateserial
is needed if this is the first time the command is issued. It is used to