ssl – Manwe

While working with SSL certificate based authentication I developed a handy tool to display the contents of certificates. Both PKCS12 .p12 certificates (commonly used for client authentication) as well as standard public .cer certificates. Here is my utility to check certificate information. And if you are looking for a couple […]

Certificate Information Extractor

15 Oct, 2010 in php / security / software development tagged certificates / security / ssl / utility by

Most websites employ a simple authentication mechanism generally consisting of a username and a password. While this method is certainly acceptable and secure for most applications, I want to take a minute to explore a more complex and, if employed correctly, more secure method of authenticating a user to a […]

Secure client authentication with php-cert-auth

28 Sep, 2010 in php / security / software development tagged authentication / cert / certificates / encryption / pkcs12 / public key infrastructure / security / ssl by