[lug] gpg as personal certificate

[D. Stimits]

"Andrew R. Diederich" wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for a way to use gpg (since it's free and portable) to make a
> personal certificate that I
> could import into a browser.  The types of formats which it seems to like
> are things like .pfx, p12, p7b (PKCS #7 Certificates), .cer, .crt (DER
> Encoded Binary X.509), etc.  My intent is to be able to sign digital
> forms.
> 
> Hmm, now that I think about it, maybe I should use keytool from the java
> jdk.  I already use that to make web certs, and maybe personal certs are
> more like web certs than gpg signing is.
> 
> Well, I've rambled a bit incoherently, but I suspect you've got the gist
> of it.  Thanks!
> 
> --
> Andrew

I have not done this myself, but the openssl package might do what you
are looking for. There is a binary "openssl", which via various options,
does related operations (and can be used to create Apache certs I
think). That is if you really want a cert, look at the "gpgp" binary for
creating signatures.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com