🟣KeyUsage
Specifies the key usages set in the key usage extension of the certificate.
The following list specifies what KEY USAGES you can enter when creating certificate + keypairs for programs like OpenSSL and Microsoft's certreq command.
OpenSSL Value
Certreq Value
Description
nonRepudiation
CERT_NON_REPUDIATION_KEY_USAGE
non-repudation - the message cannot be denied from having been sent
cRLSign
CERT_OFFLINE_CRL_SIGN_KEY_USAGE CERT_CRL_SIGN_KEY_USAGE
❊ Notes
To supply multiple key usages for Microsoft's certreq
inf file, you must seperate them using the pipe |
character.
KeyUsage = "CERT_DIGITAL_SIGNATURE_KEY_USAGE | CERT_KEY_ENCIPHERMENT_KEY_USAGE"
❊ Examples
keyUsage=critical,digitalSignature, nonRepudiation, keyEncipherment, dataEncipherment, keyAgreement, keyCertSign, cRLSign
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