[Pki-users] Creating a sub-ca under an external CA?

Michael StJohns msj at nthpermutation.com
Wed Apr 7 03:06:33 UTC 2010


On 4/6/2010 11:04 PM, Erwin Himawan wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> You mention that 2) The PKCS7 chain for step 2 is base 64 encoded, but 
> NOT armored.
>
> What do you mean by "Not armored"?
>
> Thanks,
> Erwin
>

Armored would be

-----BEGIN PKCS7----- or -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE CHAIN-----
<base64 stuff>
-----END PKCS7----- or -----END CERTIFICATE CHAIN-----

Unarmored is just the base64 without the beginning and ending sentinels.

Mike







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