I work at a University that is a member of InCommon . One of the benefits of joining InCommon is getting access to an unlimited number of TLS (SSL) certificates (including EV, client, and code-signing certs). I recently decided that, instead of a traditional RSA cert, I wanted to get an ECC certificate. In this post, I explain how to use OpenSSL to generate an ECC certificate request, in a way that InCommon (and COMODO) will accept.
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Recently, I wanted to read about the NSA’s Commercial National Security Algorithm (or CNSA ) Suite, which is their replacement to the Suite B algorithms. The web site for the CNSA Suite is https://www.iad.gov/iad/programs/iad-initiatives/cnsa-suite.cfm , but if you go there now on a Mac, you’ll probably get a security warning. The reason is, this web site uses a certificate issued by the DoD, and I didn’t have them installed. How did I get them installed? Read on!