# Re: CSR to CER tool?

Jan Luehe (Jan.Luehe@Eng)
Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:13:23 -0700 (PDT)

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    Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:13:23 -0700 (PDT)

    From: Jan Luehe <Jan.Luehe@Eng>

    Subject: Re: CSR to CER tool?

    To: java-security@web1.javasoft.com, svickroy@ast.lmco.com

Scott:

> Is it possible (for me) to 'convert' a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
> generated
> by another product (in this case Oracle Webserver) to make a certificate
>
> suitable for -import (and then -export) in the keytool utility of
> JDK1.2?
>
> I understand (somewhat) that self-signed certificates can be created by
> keytool, and maybe I missed something in the docs regarding CSR's.

You can create (and export) self-signed certs and PKCS#10 CSRs with
keytool.

You can import the CA reply in 2 different formats: either as
a single cert (signed by the CA), or as a PKCS#7 reply containing
the issued cert and its supporting chain.

The command option to create a CSR is "-certreq".

Jan

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