Thanks - but I did say it had to be REALLY simple.

Went into Netscape
Hit the Security Key
Selected Certificates > Yours
but there were not certificates in the list to pick

I have tried going onto the secure website which holds the certificate from
which I want to HTTPS Post and saving the certificate in IE but
OPENSSL doesn't seem to want to convert it into PEM format. (I have posts in
the OPENSSL Forum too!)

It does seem very confusing - I understand private key and keyed pair - but
what am I supposed to use when HTTPS Posting - the
pair or just the private key - and is "personal certificate" mentioned in
the "manual" just another name for this?

Richard Clayton

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howell, Andrew [SMTP:andrew.howell_at_moeller.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:24 PM
> To: 'curl-users_at_lists.sourceforge.net'
> Subject: RE: cURL, certificates and HTTPS Post
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Webmaster Office2Office [mailto:webmaster_at_office2office.biz]
> > Sent: 26 August 2003 10:22
> > To: 'curl-users_at_lists.sourceforge.net'
> > Subject: RE: cURL, certificates and HTTPS Post
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > I looked at that and saw GET and thought - perhaps that
> > doesn't apply as I'm
> > POSTing.
> > Is there anywhere that gives simple (and I mean very simple)
> > instructions on
> > how to create a PEM file?
> >
>
> Yes, in the helpfile. It is quite short so I shall copy it in this message
> below. If this is not simple enough then .. I really don't know, sorry!
>
> I have two "manual.txt" files, one that came with my curl package and one
> that came from curl itself by running it with the -M switch.
>
> The following quote is from the longer of the two files (which I think is
> the one that came out of curl itself, I cannot remember..)
>
> <quote>
> To use OpenSSL to convert your favourite browser's certificate into a
> PEM
> formatted one that curl can use, do something like this (assuming
> netscape,
> but IE is likely to work similarly):
>
> You start with hitting the 'security' menu button in netscape.
>
> Select 'certificates->yours' and then pick a certificate in the list
>
> Press the 'export' button
>
> enter your PIN code for the certs
>
> select a proper place to save it
>
>
> Run the 'openssl' application to convert the certificate. If you cd to
> the
> openssl installation, you can do it like:
>
> # ./apps/openssl pkcs12 -in [file you saved] -clcerts -out [PEMfile]
>
> </quote>
>
> HTH
> Andrew Howell
>
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