Re: [pyOpenSSL] openssl cert request passphrase

[Remy C. C. <dev...@sm...>]

On Tuesday 23 March 2004 21:16, Matthew Thorley wrote:
> When using openssl from the command line to create a certificate
> request I am propted for a password. I was wondering how to do the
> same thing with pyOpenSSL. I looked at the example
> mk_simple_cert.py and everything is clear but what I am not sure
> how to do is to add a passphrase to the privatekey ?
>
> Can any one explain how this is done ?

Havn't tried this my self yet, but if you look in the (HTML) 
documentation on the crypto module you can find two methods: 

dump_privatekey(type, pkey[, cipher, passphrase]) and 
load_privatekey(type, buffer[, passphrase]), where a passphrase can 
be entered.

Also take a look at the pyOpenssl examples on generating certs and a 
working solution can be created ... at least that's my theory.

Remy