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To meet government requirements we need to upload a file to a gov't
server using cURL. That isn't the problem. The problem is they want us
to use an SSL (specifically Verisign) certificate as the means of access
control. I'm not that well versed in crypto but the way I understand it the
certificate is being used like an SSL key for authentication since you
have to identify the certificate location to cURL as well as the cert
password. The government will then accept Verisign's word that you are
who you are. If I'm way off on understanding this feel free to yell.
My question is, how do you get a certificate for a machine that doesn't
have a web server on it? I've only ever generated a CSR using web server
based tools and in this instance I want a cert for a non-web serving
machine...actually a desktop client. The government specifically stated
a Verisign Class 1 digital certificate (which I'm assuming is a server
cert and not a web browser client cert).
Thanks in advance.
Oh yeah...I typed this message in a text editor at < 80 columns and
pasted it into GroupWise. I hope that works, our email admin won't make
the formatting change for 1 user. His response...nobody uses a text
based email client :-)
Jason Wertz
Senior Technology Specialist / WebMaster
Delaware County Community College
ph: 610-325-2771
fax: 610-325-2820
http://learn.dccc.edu/~jason
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