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Change 'Key Usage' of a certificate

Is it possible to change the 'Key Usage' property of an existing ssl certificate of a web site? Our goal is to host a web service so that a third party can integrate with our solution, and their ...
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Force SSL/TLS client cert authentication even if server does not request it?

Usually the server specifies in the Server Hello message if a client certificate is needed/wanted. Does anybody know if it is possible to perform an authentication via client cert if the server does ...
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Use Client Certificate using Self Signed CA while using Web Certificate of a publicly trusted CA

I would like to ask if it is possible to use different CA for the client certificate and the web certificate? For example, I would use Verisign to sign my web certificate while I use my Self Sign ...
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Wireshark Decode HTTPS Root Certificate

I'm currently dealing with a "Sniffy" java application. Well I can see it connecting to some kind of server using HTTPS. I would like to see what its sending or getting over HTTPS. i have read some ...
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TLS Certificate in OSX Mail

My question hasn't been asked before here but when I googled for an answer I arrived at this thread @ macrumors.com. The question is quoted below: I'm just curious, but in Lion's Mail there is a ...
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SSL Communication and Proxy

Let us say that I have a client and a server communicating using SSL. If a hacker sets up a proxy between the client and the server, will he be able to decrypt the data which is being sent?
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Self signed certificates for https

Where I work, currently for internal sites, self signed certificates are being used. In Firefox, the info regarding the certificate are displayed: site domain: xxx.com Owner: Site doesn't supply ...
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SSL: How to send generated client certificate from server to avoid MITM?

The question I have is simply how do I prevent a MiTM attack on a certificate once the server side creates a new one and tries to send it to a client? Does the certificate get encrypted by rsa and ...
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Generate openSSL certificates from within C code using commands?

This is an openSSL command for generating a private key and a certificate, openssl req -out CSR.csr -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout privateKey.key The question I have is whether there is some ...
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Looking for general guidance on securing web API application for client applications and users

I have a web service built with WebAPI that accepts JSON requests and responds accordingly. The core architecture is built but there isn't any authentication/authorization. After a lot of googling ...
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Using SSL Certification in Multiple Locations

I have some issues with respect to using SSL Certificates. I have a website hosted in UK and I also have an organisation in South Africa hosting my company application online for web access. The ...
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How do I diagnose client-side SSL errors?

Often on my home network I get random SSL certificate errors when I visit certain well-known sites. Today it was a Google SSL error, where Google apparently tried to identify itself as *.icloud.com. ...
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Would introducing client certificates for a mobile app improve security?

I have developed a REST API which has been configured to only operate over HTTPS. The sole purpose of this API (at least for the moment) is to operate as the backend entry point for a mobile ...
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Can I use any ssl certificate to sign and encrypt AS2 message?

I'm absolutely new to this topic of ssl certificates, so please be patient with me. My task is to install an AS2 communication with some business partner. Therefore we need message signing and ...
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Certificate Chains When Importing Signed CSR Response

I'm interfacing with a secure web service, and authenticating using a client certificate. I'm confused about step #3 in the client configuration: Generate a private key into keystore Generate a CSR ...
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Create a SSL certificate and sign it with a personal certificate which in turn is signed by a certificate authority [duplicate]

I have a personal certificate which is signed by a certificate authority. This certificate is unrestricted with respect to its allowed purposes. Is it possible to create a SSL server certificate on my ...
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Extended validation SSL certificates [closed]

Where can i buy the cheapest EV SSL certificate? By now the cheapest one i've found is Godaddy. But i want know if there are a cheaper one.
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ECDHE_RSA and gmail

I'm using Chrome on Ubuntu Linux to connect to Gmail. The connection info says that ECDHE_RSA is used for the https symmetric key exchange. Based on my understanding of TLS and Gmail, my client ...
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Why are SSL certificates valid only from a certain date?

Each SSL certificate is valid starting from a specific date and up to the expiration date. What's the point in that "valid from" date? Why do we want a certificate to only be valid after a specific ...
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Choosing an SSL certificate provider

Does it make any difference which provider I get my SSL/TLS certificate from? In particular, what are the pros and cons getting an SSL certificate from Verisign vs getting one from Thawte? Which one ...
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What elliptic curves are supported by browsers?

Wireshark'ed Firefox 3 request. Their names are nowhere documented. Elliptic curve: secp256r1 (0x0017) Elliptic curve: secp384r1 (0x0018) Elliptic curve: secp521r1 (0x0019) What are the supported ...
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What are those nul bytes doing in Certificate Subject CN?

While doing some research with SSL certificates, I found some weird certificates containing nul bytes in their Subject field. One example is www.refah - bank.ir (did the Iranian government fake this ...
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How powerful are top Verisign executives?

I believe that VeriSign has issued a big share of world's SSL certificates. Many corporations and governments use them. Is it possible for a person that has access to Verisign private keys to sneak a ...
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How to set “Not Before” value to past when creating certificate request

We have lots of embedded TLS clients on the field. TLS Servers must be authenticated. Because long power cuts may reset clock of those devices, we have requirement to use certificates with validity ...
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How effective is Activesync Certificate revocation using CRL or OCSP

We determined that a number of our account lockout issues are related to Activesync devices using old/expired passwords. One way to remedy an account lockout issue is to issue and deploy certificates ...
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Why do we not trust an SSL certificate that expired recently?

Every SSL certificate has an expiration date. Now suppose some site's certificate expired an hour ago or a day ago. All the software by default will either just refuse to connect to the site or issue ...
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Certification authority only for certain domains

Is it possible to make a certification authority certificate (even unsigned), which only allow to sign certificates for specific domain(s)?
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HTTPS verification failed - get certificate information iPad/iPhone

I went to log onto my bank's internet banking website this morning using Google Chrome browser on my iPad. I get the red error message of death. I can't figure out why. It's happening on both my ...
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How to troubleshoot why Thunderbird rejects a PKCS#12 certificate with “Could not verify this certificate for unknown reasons”?

After playing around a bit with openssl, I created a PKCS12 certificate which imports flawlessly in Firefox while Thunderbird "Could not verify this certificate for unknown reasons". Talk about a ...
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Protecting against SSL Strip [duplicate]

I've read you can attack connections using tools like sslstrip, if you are on the same network. So what ensures that our SSL connections remain safe? Does it depend on the cert strength? Do you ...
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OpenID without SSL certificate

Is it wise to use OpenID (from Google or Yahoo) to log-into a website instead of a username+password login if that website doesn't have an SSL certificate installed? Just to make things clear, ...
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Ssl certificate rekey or revoke

I want to be sure to understand well the situation where SSL certificate is compromised. If I ask for a rekey, I suppose the old certificate will remain valid. The future communications with the new ...
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Cellphones IMEI public exposed?

Currently I'm in the middle of a developement process, and I have some security questions for you. I have a webservice, asp.net which is configured to run over https. The first authentication step for ...
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Which extensions to use for a S/MIME certificate?

Analogously to the SSL server certificate question, which extensions should I use for S/MIME, and should the CA be restricted somehow as well? (I'm using openssl, which at the moment creates CA and ...
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What is certificate pinning?

I'm superficially familiar with SSL and what certs do. Recently I saw some discussion on cert pinning but there wasn't a definition. A DDG search didn't turn up anything useful. What is certificate ...
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“Premium SSL” vs “Stanard SSL” certificates - Any reason why I would want a “Premium SSL”? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What are the advantages of EV Certificate? besides the green URL bar and free security scan and whatnot. Our website does NOT accept any personal info other than email ...
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Is it possible to create a self signed certificate authority?

Would it be possible to create a legitimate certificate with the CA bit set? I dont have a usecase associated with this, I'm merely curious. To explain my question : Suppose I sign a public ...
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SSL Certificate Authentication Issue 403.7

I have been trying to configure SSL for authentication and was unable to resolve this error 403.7 on IIS 7.5 windows 2008r2 vps server. I would like to give access to few computers where client ...
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Behavior when validating an expired certificate chain

I have the following situation: A server certificate (CServ) is signed by self-signed certificate (C0) A client certificate (CCli) is signed by CServ Client's trust-store contains C0, so the client ...
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Encrypting local HTTP traffic using a self-signed certificate

For the past couple of hours I've been trying to create a self-signed certificate which I'd like to use to encrypt HTTP traffic between computers and a server on my home network (because I'm paranoid ...
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How to verify certificate with very little information

Lets assume there is a server and a client and you want to connect those two. Server has a self-signed certificate, and prior to establishing the connection for the first time (enrollment) the server ...
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Can real end-to-end SSL encryption be made?

I've read the various questions tagged [ssl] and [mitm] and [proxy] and I couldn't find a duplicate. I've got a very precise question but first I need to give some background. Basically I'm very ...
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Should I change the private key when renewing a certificate?

My security department insists that I (the system administrator) make a new private key when I want a SSL certificate renewed for our web servers. They claim it's best practice, but my googling ...
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Extensions for SSL server certificate

I have some question about the X.509 v3 extensions. What extensions should appear in a proper certificate for a SSL server ?
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Can IE be made to imitate the behavior of Chrome's KeyGen element?

Is there any way I can repurpose existing ActiveX controls or functionality to get IE to work with the KeyGen element? Assistance getting Safari to work with this optional HTML5 spec would be ...
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Do client certificates provide protection against MITM?

I'm looking for a way to protect clients from a MITM attack without using a VPN, and ToR. My thought is that client certificates might do the job, but I'm not entirely sure since not too much server ...
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Chrome SSL Warning: “You cannot proceed because the website operator has requested heightened security for this domain. ”

I'm trying to go to the URL below, and Chrome warns me that the wildcard certificate is not valid for this domain. ...
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Forged SSL without installation of root CA, possible?

Consider visiting a secure website like Gmail. Is it possible to forge the website certificate only by having full control over the internet provider? I mean is it practically possible for a provider ...
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how does OpenSSL create X.509 certs from SPKACs?

The SPKAC ASN.1 description: PublicKeyAndChallenge ::= SEQUENCE { spki SubjectPublicKeyInfo, challenge IA5STRING } SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge ::= SEQUENCE { publicKeyAndChallenge ...
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What did the certificate authority do with my CSR?

I needed to reach a web service which is not mine. The IT department of that web service has asked me to send them a CSR (certificate signing request). Then, he will send me back a signed certificate ...

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