[AG-TECH] Re: certificate issues

[Robert Olson]

is the clock right on biochem?

At 09:35 AM 6/17/2004, Matthew Martinez wrote:
> > They typically should be; I think the default is to make the starting time
> > the  current time. How are you creating them?
> >
> > At 09:29 AM 6/17/2004, you wrote:
> >>i understand now, i apologize. my certificates don't become valid till
> >> the
> >>next day. i thought they became valid as soon as they were signed. the
> >>timestamps don't match up, you are right. my apologies.
> >
>i'm creating them with these three commands:
>
>matthew at biochem:~/ca$ openssl req -new -keyout <filename_key.pem> -out
><filename_req.pem> -days 360 -config openssl.cnf
>
>
>matthew at biochem:~/ca$ cat <filename_key.pem> <filename_req.pem> >
><filename.pem>
>
>
>matthew at biochem:~/ca$ openssl ca -out <filename_cert.pem> -config
>openssl2.cnf -infiles <filname.pem>