On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, kanakamahesh.anasuri_at_wipro.com wrote:

> I read from curl document that it supports only PEM format certificates.
> The reference link http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manual.html

It supports DER too.

> Did you with certificates formats?

Did I what?

> Will the curl support CRT certificates downloaded from Thawte/Verisign?

If they are using the proper format.

> Also curl option
>
> -E/--cert <cert [: passwd]> client certificate file and password (SSL)
>
> How the password is different from pass phrase [-pass] for the private key
> file name [--key]

It isn't different, it is the same. The pass phrase is used for the private
key and the reason -E wants a pass phrase is because it assumes you to
concatenate both the cert and the key into a single file.

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