Secure Computing Sidewinder Version 5.1.0.02 User Manual

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To start the PKCS12 utility on the Sidewinder, from the command line, 
enter the following command:

The utility will prompt you for the name and location of the private key 
file, for the name and location of the associated certificate file, and for 
the name and location in which to store the resulting PKCS12-format-
ted object.

The following message appears:

Please put file extensions on all file names.

Enter the name of the PKCS1 object (private key) file:

Type the full path name of the private key file. 

The following message appears:

Enter the name of the PEM signed public key (certificate) 

file:

Type the full path name of the associated certificate file. 

The following message appears:

Enter the name of the output PKCS12 object (*.p12):

Type the full path name of the object file that will be created by the 
utility. Be sure to use a 

 extension on the file name.

The following message appears:

pkcs12 encryption password for public key (it WILL be clear 

screen text):

Type a password for this PKCS12 object.

You apply a password to the object because the object contains both 
the public and private keys. The password will be needed when import-
ing this object into a Soft-PK client. The password can consist of any 
alpha-numeric characters.

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for each remote client. 

Once you have finished creating the PKCS12 object(s), copy each 
object to its own diskette for distribution to the appropriate Soft-PK 
client. You can do this using the 

 command. For example:

% mcopy -t filename a:filename