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Posted to dev@santuario.apache.org by Arshad Noor <ar...@strongauth.com> on 2007/01/16 22:54:29 UTC
Availability of CSRTool
Hi,
I would like to announce the availability of a free and open-source
(LGPL) tool - CSRTool v0.01- to the PKI/Crypto/Security community.
CSRTool is a Java-based, GUI-driven utility that:
* Generates RSA public and private key-pairs in sizes ranging from
1024 to 8192 bits;
* Generates Elliptic Curve DSA public and private key-pairs using
either the ANSI X9.62 named curves, or custom parameters of your
own curve, if so inclined;
* Saves the private-key in a PKCS8 file with Password-Based-Encryption
using the SHA1withTripleDES algorithm;
* Generates a PEM-encoded CSR that can be submitted to a CA either
through a web-form or e-mail;
* Generates keyUsage and/or the subjectAltName extensions (optionally)
in the RSA-based CSR;
* Combines the private-key from the previously-stored PKCS8 file and
the newly returned digital certificate, into a PKCS12 file that can
be used for importation into desired applications; future releases
will support the JKS & JCEKS key-stores, and crypto hardware tokens;
It was created to make working with PKIs a little easier. Everything
it does can be done with various CLI-based utilities easily enough,
but the GUI makes it just a little easier for some people.
More information and downloads of the binary and source can be found
at http://www.strongauth.com/csrtool. Documentation is included in
the downloads, and a forum for discussion of the tool is available at
that site.
Enjoy!
Arshad Noor
StrongAuth, Inc.