Re: OpenSSL

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am trying to use a TN5250 emulator to connect to our AS400 via SSL and
> provide a digital certificate to authenticate the computer connecting.  I
> have found Scott Klement's TN5250 emulator but it requires the certificate
> on the PC to be in PEM format.  The AS400 DCM does not provide that format
> and I cannot find a utility that will translate digital certificates.

The CA certificate on my iSeries is in PEM format?!  OF course, that was
at V4R5, I haven't done it recently.   The client certificates weren't
downloadable, but instead it installed them into your browser and you had
to export it from there, in PKCS12 format, and then translate it from
there.  (annoying, but it worked)

The solution was just to use the openssl command to trnaslate it back to
PEM format.

> Well I did find the OpenSSL stuff which I am sure will work, but I comes
> as a source library and well, I do not have the tools or experience to
> create a working model.  Can someone point me in the right direction?
> What other TN5250E emulators, besides CAE, support digital certificates
> and SSL?

I can send you a copy of the openssl.exe file which should be capable of
translating from PKCS12 to PEM (among other things) if that'll help you.
E-mail me privately, if you'd like me to do that.