Re: ssl ibm http service

["tim.dclinc@xxxxxxxxx" <tim.dclinc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

Thanks for the explanation. So it looks like i am missing something. 
When try to "import" the files they provided under "server/client", it 
returns:

"No request key is found for the certificate. If you are trying to 
receive the signed certificate, you must be using the same certificate 
store that was used when the certificate was requested. If this is a CA 
certificate, you should use the function for importing a CA."


On 8/12/2014 8:45 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Certificate Authority certificates are imported to control which 
> certificates your application will "trust". The hackers, identity 
> thieves, etc know how to use SSL, too...  so how do you know who you 
> can trust?  A certificate authority (CA) is a company who checks 
> people to make sure they are legit before signing their certificates.  
> Anyone whos certificate is proven signed by that certificate authority 
> is therefore trustable.  This is why you install CA certificates.
>
> You cannot assign a CA certificate to one of your applications. That 
> would be telling the world that you *are* the CA (instead of simply 
> trusting certificates from the CA.)
>
> You will need to first install the CA certificates that you got from 
> NetSol so that the system will trust them, then install the client or 
> server certificates that they signed for you to use.
>
> -SK
>
>
>
> On 8/12/2014 6:48 PM, tim.dclinc@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > still working on trying to get ssl working on my ibm http server.
> >
> > i received files from network solutions (*.cer extensions).
> >
> > I opened DCM and imported them as a "Certificate Authority CA".
> >
> > When i try to "Assign certificate", its looking for a "server or client"
> > certificate type not "certificate Authority".
> >
> > How do i import what network solutions provided into a "server or
> > client" certification type?