Questions tagged [pkcs]
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How to quickly identify SSH private key file formats?
Triggered today by Remote Desktop Manager, whose SSH Key Generator offered to save a private key in OpenSSH format, but then proceeded to store it in PKCS#1 / OpenSSL format, while using the same random *.pri file extension for two of the offered…
Reto Höhener
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How to import an SSH ed25519 key to GPG?
I have an SSH ed25519 key which I would like to import to GPG as an Authentication Subkey. There doesn't appear to be any documentation available on how to do this.
tcyrus
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gpgsm: Cannot import private key
For signing emails, I requested an S/MIME certificate using the German academic DFN service. AT the end of this process, I get a .p12 file (PKCS12). I can convert this file to PEM using
openssl pkcs12 -in TorstenBronger.p12 -nodes -out…
Torsten Bronger
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openssl pkcs12 keeps removing the PEM passphrase from keystore's entry?
OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013
Generating a self-signed certificate:
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days
365
During the process a PEM passphrase is requested:
Enter PEM pass phrase:
Verifying - Enter PEM pass…
XXL
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Access to USB HSM Token
I have an ubuntu 24.04 and a Nitrokey HSM.
I use p11tool --list-token-urls to list the HSM url.
When I run it from a local session it works, and it…
mastupristi
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How can I extract many P7M (pkcs#7) signed files?
I have many P7M files and I need to extract them to unsigned original file, I found some free tools but with these I have to extract each one and I want something to do a massive extraction or a command line to use in a batch command.
Can I find…
Tobia
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How to produce p12 file with RSA private key and self-signed certificate?
I believe that the exact procedure below worked for me two weeks ago, but now it doesn't. I start with an RSA private key rsa.pem and generate my own self-signed certificate:
openssl req -new -x509 -key rsa.pem -out rsa.cer
then I try to create a…
FullStack
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Can't S/MIME sign using OpenSSL even if "verify" suceeds
I have a client certificate in Chrome, that I used for logging into StartSSL. I exported it using pk12util to certfile.p12. Now I want to use it for signing with S/MIME.
I converted the p12 file to pem.
First, I verify that the certificate will work…
Janus Troelsen
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How to extract the contents from a .p7m CAdES file?
I've got a .p7m file (identified by the UNIX file command as DER Encoded PKCS#7 Signed Data), and I would like to extract unwrap its contents.
I don't have the signing (public) key, since I don't need to verify its signature: I just need to unwrap…
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Is it possible to convert a PCKS#12 (p12) certificate to plain text via OpenSSL to read issuer, CNs etc?
I know that it is possible to convert a PEM (x509) certificate to plain text using OpenSSL the following way:
openssl x509 -in some.pem -text
Yet I cannot find -text option for openssl pkcs12 command.
The closest that I have found so far is -info…
Alexander Ites
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Use PKCS#11 for SSH connection to the server to make token dependency
I have configured PKCS#11 remote ssh connection on my Ubuntu server such that users can login to it using a hardware token, as described here. However, in this condition, the user can login to the server and remove the token and give it to someone…
sajad
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How to create a veracrypt volume on the command line not interactively with a keyfile stored on a PKCS#11 token
I am trying to create a new veracrypt container on the command line in a completely interactive fashion. To make things more complicated, I need to store a keyfile on a PKCS#11 token.
From what I understood, I first need to import the keyfile to the…
mat
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Windows 10 Logon using smartcard - Missing Driver
I am trying to log in to a domain account using smart card work but was not successful.
I have the following environment setup for the test.
Client Laptop (Lenovo P50)
Windows 10 Fall Creator
Windows Update: Up to date
Installed the smart card…
Stanley
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Why is openssl pkcs12 export adding extra root anchor cert, duplicating server cert on Mac OS X
[Originally posted on Slack Overflow, but comment thread complained about inappropriate venue.]
We're working on switching from StartCom SSL Certificates to Let's Encrypt, and trying to get it set up to automatically work with macOS Server + Apache…
Nick Williams
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How to digital sign Excel document with a P12 file
I have a few Excel documents we need to sign at my job. Also some PDF ones. I've looked everywhere and all sites shows an "easy" answer but all lead to the same: obtain a digital id from microsoft. On their site they say "if you don't want to buy a…
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