SunScreen SKIP User's Guide, Release 1.5.1

certreq: Retrieving a Certificate From a Key Server

certreq is a maintenance command. It requests and retrieves a certificate from a key server or other host. You must specify the key ID and key server. This command is a debugging tool and is not meant for general use. The interface is cryptic and there is no way to specify a host name or IP address instead of the key ID, even if the key ID is identical to the IP address.

Syntax

certreq [-d] [-n NSID] [-h server] [keyid]

Options

-d

Requests that the received certificate be decoded prior to output. Without the -d option, the raw certificate, suitable for saving into a file, is written to standard out. 

-n NSID

By default NSID 1 is used for retrieves. Any NSID number may be specified with the -n option.

-h server

Specifies the key server. 

keyid

The Master Key ID specified in hex.