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MakeCert - Is it possible to change the key size?

When i generate a Certificate using MakeCert.exe I want to change the key size from 1024 to 2048. Is this possible? Or do i need to setup a Certificate Authority? Cheers Rohan ...

Using makecert for Development SSL

Here's my situation: I'm trying to create a SSL certificate that will be installed on all developer's machine's, along with two internal servers (everything is non-production). What do I need to do to create a certificate that can be installed in all of these places? Right now I've got something along these lines, using the makecert a...

How can I install a certificate into the local machine store programmatically using c#?

I have a certificate generated via MakeCert. I want to use this certificate for WCF message security using PeerTrust. How can I programmatically install the certificate into the "trusted people" local machine certificate store using c# or .NET? I have a CER file, but can also create a PFX. ...

makecert tool issue

Hello everyone, I am confused about the following concepts in makecert tool. Especially about what means location (-sr parameter) and store (-ss parameter). I read and get my confusion from the following link, I tried to find tutorials about what means "location" and "store", but finding nothing. Could anyone help to clarify please? Li...

Weird Makecert problem

I have a WEIRD certificate problem with makecert and it is driving me crazy. I created a root certificate with: makecert -e 12/31/2222 -a sha1 -len 4096 -n "CN=RootCA" \ -r -sv RootCA.pvk RootCA.cer Then I went on to create my client/server certificate (mutual authentication): makecert -e 12/31/2222 -a sha1 -len 4096 -n "CN=...

Missing makecert.exe

For some reason I am missing makecert.exe on my system. I searched the whole hard drive and it's not there. In particular, it's not in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin where I believe it's supposed to be. I haven't found any articles on this topic on the Internet. Any ideas what's going on? ...

Create key pair for BizTalk AS2 connection

I need to create an AS2 connection in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 to communicate with a business partner. I've worked with BizTalk AS2 config before and the BizTalk docs have pretty good walkthroughs about how to configure everything, but they don't talk about how to get/generate a certificate, and I don't have much experience there. What is...

Internet Explorer blocks self-signed ActiveX

I have create a self-signed certificate and signed my ActiveX. I followed the steps in this topic. (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/84847/how-do-i-create-a-self-signed-certificate-for-code-signing-on-windows) One difference is that my executable files come in MSI package. So I used signtool to sign the MSI file and all other DLLs/Exe...

Makecert problem under Windows 7

I'm creating a certificate to use with an SslStream, and I've been doing it this way under XP: makecert -r -pe -n "CN=aName" -ss my -sr localmachine -sky exchange -sp "Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider" -sy 12 server.cer If I understand this correctly, this creates a certificate in server.cer, and creates a private key ...

Syntax error for makecert.exe tool

Did I missed anything during this? I am running a this command from command prompt in Windows 7 to create a certificate but it is showing a syntax error. Command I ran: makecert.exe "c:\1\Test.cer" -a sha1 -n "CN=AppGuid" -sr LocalMachine -ss My -sky signature -pe -len 2048 Output I got: Usage: MakeCert [ basic|extended options] [ou...

Setting Key Usage attributes with Makecert

Is it possible to set Key Usage attributes using makecert, or any other tool I can use to generate my own test certificates? The reason I'm interested is that certificates used for BizTalk Server AS2 transport require a key usage of Digital Signature for signing and Data Encipherment or Key Encipherment for encryption/decryption, and I ...

Create x509 certificate with openssl/makecert tool

I'm creating a x509 certificate using makecert with the following parameters: makecert -r -pe -n "CN=Client" -ss MyApp I want to use this certificate to encrypt and decrypt data with RSA algoritm. I look to generated certificate in windows certificate store and everything seems ok (It has a private key, public key is a RSA key...

How do I force makecert to output the private key to a file (not the Crypto store)?

I want to generate a key pair for use within my applications, but exporting them manually from the mmc is a pain. How can I use commandline parameters, or otherwise end up with a private certificate that resides on the hard drive, suitable for later distribution? ...