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XCA - X Certificate and key management

(c) by Christian Hohnstädt, christian@hohnstaedt.de

April 2020 - Version 2.3.0
This application is intended for creating and managing X.509 certificates, certificate requests, RSA, DSA and EC private keys, Smart-cards and CRLs. Everything that is needed for a CA is implemented. All CAs can sign sub-CAs recursively. These certificate chains are shown clearly. For an easy company-wide use there are customisable templates that can be used for certificate or request generation. All cryptographic data is stored in a SQL database. SQLite, MySQL (MariaDB), PostgreSQL and MicrosoftSQL (ODBC) databases are supported.

1. Introduction

2. Miscellaneous

3. Command Line Options

4. Common Actions

5. The Certificate Input Dialog

6. Smart-cards (Security Tokens)

7. RSA, DSA and EC Keys

8. Certificate Signing Requests

9. Certificates

10. Templates

11. Certificate Revocation Lists

12. Options

13. Object IDs

14. Step by Step guides

15. Appendix

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