S/MIME keys (was: What Are Some Good Projects For Novices?)

[Ng Pheng Siong]

According to phil hunt <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk>:
> From reading links from this stuff, I get the impression that to get 
> an S/MIME public/private keypair, you have to buy one from a 
> Certification Authority (who also certify your identity, presumably).
> Is this correct? Or can I just create my own keys like I can with GnuPG
> or PGP?

HOWTO: Creating your own CA with OpenSSL:

    http://www.post1.com/home/ngps/m2/howto.ca.html


HOWTO: Programming S/MIME in Python with M2Crypto:

    http://www.post1.com/home/ngps/m2/howto.smime.html



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