Re: [Handle-info] Procedure to create handle private/public key and derived certificate under windows?

[SCOTT PRATER <scott.prater@wisc.edu>]

You can generate certificates and keys with the OpenSSL toolkit; a 
number of places provide OpenSSL binaries compiled for Windows.

https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Binaries

-- Scott

On 1/8/20 12:22 PM, Robert R Tupelo-Schneck wrote:
> You could use the scripts hdl-keygen and hdl-convert-key from the Handle 
> distribution to create a keypair and then get the keys in PEM format.
>
> At that point you need tools to create a self signed certificate with a 
> specified "distinguished name" and public key using a specified private 
> key.  I don't know what the appropriate tools are for Windows, 
> unfortunately.
>
> Robert
>
> > On Jan 8, 2020, at 9:15 AM, Robert Verkerk <robert.verkerk@surfsara.nl 
> > <mailto:robert.verkerk@surfsara.nl>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We have a procedure to create a handle private/public key-pair and 
> > derived certificate without public key to authenticate against the 
> > handle HTTP JSON REST api. This is entirely linux based.
> > The authentication is described by 
> > http://www.handle.net/tech_manual/HN_Tech_Manual_9.pdf chapter 14.6.2.
> >
> >
> > Does anybody have a method to accomplish this using Windows only and 
> > is willing to share it?
> >
> > --
> > Met vriendelijke groet,
> >
> > Robert Verkerk
> > systeem expert
> > Data Preservation Services
> >
> > p.s. our procedure using linux is described on: 
> > https://userinfo.surfsara.nl/systems/epic-pid/new-users
> > p.s.2 the same method is also described on:
> >
> >
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Scott Prater
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University of Wisconsin - Madison

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