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Foil 96 Generating Certificates in JDK

From Basic Principles of Java and Internet Security CPS616 Web Technologies -- Spring 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox


JDK comes with the javakey program.
"javakey" manages a database of identities and signers.
"javakey" provides generating and managing certificates.
Some examples of using javakey
javakey -cs your_name :makes a new signer
javakey -ld : list the database (stored in identitydb.obj file by default)
javakey -gk your_name DSA 512 : generates new key pair with modulus 512
javakey -gc cert_directives.dir : generate a certificate using the directive file "cert_directives.dir"
javakey -dc outfile.509 : display the certificate contents from the certificate file



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