Obtain A Private Key File (Cakey.pem); Installing Cygwin And Openssl On A Pc - Nomadix AG 5000 User Manual

AG 5000

Obtain a Private Key File (cakey.pem)

To create a Private Key File, you must install OpenSSL on your Windows 9x or NT
operating system on a PC with Internet access.
Requirements for Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and Key Generation
Cygwin and OpenSSL application installed on Windows 9x or NT.
5 large random files residing on the workstation (large compressed log files
recommended by VeriSign). These files are put in as
file1:file2:file3:file4:file5 in the key generation command.
Downloading Cygwin
There are several sources for obtaining "Cygwin" to install OpenSSL. One popular
source is: http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/.
Nomadix used Cygwin version 1.3.2 for generating this section of the
User's Guide.

Installing Cygwin and OpenSSL on a PC

The example in this document is based on downloading the software
with Netscape 4.75.
The procedure starts from the Cygwin Net Release Setup Program screen:
Click on the button.
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