-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I've just had a chance to go through the SDK MS is giving away for their ActiveX package. Interestingly, there's a little utility included for generating X.509 certs. The read.me that is included claims that the certs so generated don't have any real validity, as they're not linked to anything in the known universe (paraphrasing :-). My question is, is this an otherwise usable cert? I'll be happy to give anyone interested a copy of the files (shellback.cer and shellback.spc) I generated, if they'd like to examine/validate them. If the certs are, in fact, valid, I'll be glad to make the program available to others for 'testing purposes'. Dave Merriman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMVAn/MVrTvyYOzAZAQERywP+IMBiiAEGkBNI88kuw2WRlYfEOsAD92fl mfNpiJmb0pYTzljE1PVtLNjLtrXkeu71fTYX34rC90aU7zD/nufmZz+Nrp6TR1Ce J39A9C5KR7rkNRxvsjOnpyZ1gEHCsOh6ceGVUZidYa+iEvVs20VrlMleS2nz3t6w 4piJt0Bhwqc= =o+LF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." P. J. O'Rourke (b. 1947), U.S. journalist. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> http://www.shellback.com/personal/merriman/index.htm