Re: javakey - confused documentation

Marianne Mueller (mrm@doppio)
Mon, 23 Dec 1996 16:05:09 -0800 (PST)

From: mrm@doppio (Marianne Mueller)
Message-Id: <199612240005.QAA03049@puffin.eng.sun.com>
Subject: Re: javakey - confused documentation
To: cbd@zurich.ibm.com (Carl Binding)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 16:05:09 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <32BE44E4.41C6@zurich.ibm.com> from "Carl Binding" at Dec 23, 96 09:37:56 am

Hi Carl! Marianne from UW here.

You might also check out the examples in the "Using Javakey" page
at http://java.sun.com/security/usingJavakey.html. There are
complete example directive files on that page.

In general, you'll find pointers to all the security software and
documentation from http://java.sun.com/security

Marianne

example directive file:

>
>
#
# 96/11/11 @(#)cert_directive 1.3
#

#
# This is a sample certificate directive file.
#

# the id of the signer

issuer.name=mrm

# the cert to use for the signing (this is where it gets it DN)

issuer.cert=1

# the id of the subject

subject.name=mrm

# the components of the X500 name for the subject

subject.real.name=Marianne Mueller
subject.org.unit=JavaSoft
subject.org=Sun MicroSystems
subject.country=US

# Various parameters: start and end date for validity and expiration
# of the certificate. Serial number. FIle to which to output the
# certificate (optional).

start.date=10 Dec 1996
end.date=1 Sept 1997
serial.number=1001
out.file=mrm.x509

> Greetings!
> I'm trying to make "javakey" work for me on Win NT 4.0 using JDK 1.1
> beta.
>
> I encountered the following problems:
> -- the javakey doc does not mention anything about a field
> "issuer.cert". javakey however complains: "issuer.cert must be specified
> in the directive file"
> -- when using the value "foo" for issuer.cert, javakey starts
> complaining about "date formatted incorrectly". I supplied dates in the
> format "dd mon yyyy", just as the docu suggests.......
>
> Could you please e-mail me a certificate directive file which would
> work? or explain what I'm making wrong.
>
> Thank you,
> Carl Binding
>
> --
> Carl Binding
> IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
> Saumerstrasse 4
> CH-8803 Rueschlikon/Switzerland
> Tel. +41-1-724-84-31 Fax. +41-1-710-36-08
> RFC-822: cbd@zurich.ibm.com
>

> Greetings!
> I'm trying to make "javakey" work for me on Win NT 4.0 using JDK 1.1
> beta.
>
> I encountered the following problems:
> -- the javakey doc does not mention anything about a field
> "issuer.cert". javakey however complains: "issuer.cert must be specified
> in the directive file"
> -- when using the value "foo" for issuer.cert, javakey starts
> complaining about "date formatted incorrectly". I supplied dates in the
> format "dd mon yyyy", just as the docu suggests.......
>
> Could you please e-mail me a certificate directive file which would
> work? or explain what I'm making wrong.
>
> Thank you,
> Carl Binding
>
> --
> Carl Binding
> IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
> Saumerstrasse 4
> CH-8803 Rueschlikon/Switzerland
> Tel. +41-1-724-84-31 Fax. +41-1-710-36-08
> RFC-822: cbd@zurich.ibm.com
>