python openssl x509 CA

Michael Ströder michael at stroeder.com
Fri Oct 31 15:27:16 EDT 2008


Paul Rubin wrote:
> Marcin Jurczuk <mjurczuk at gmail.com> writes:
>> I want to create pure python implementation without use of openssl
>> wrapped with python code.
> 
> There was a CA written in Python quite a while back, http://pyca.de .

That was the usual approach with invoking the openssl command-line tool
from Python. Today I'd do *everything* differently. Well, it was the
result of learning Python, PKI, LDAP and web programming all at once
back then.

> I don't know if it's maintained these days.

No, it's not. Being the author I know this for sure. ;-)

Ciao, Michael.



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