CONTENTS

NAME

IO::Socket::SSL::Utils -- loading, storing, creating certificates and keys

SYNOPSIS

use IO::Socket::SSL::Utils;

$cert = PEM_file2cert('cert.pem');     # load certificate from file
my $hash = CERT_asHash($cert);         # get details from certificate
PEM_cert2file($cert,'cert.pem');       # write certificate to file
CERT_free($cert);                      # free memory within OpenSSL

@certs = PEM_file2certs('chain.pem');  # load multiple certificates from file
PEM_certs2file('chain.pem', @certs);   # write multiple certificates to file
CERT_free(@certs);                     # free memory for all within OpenSSL

my $cert = PEM_string2cert($pem);      # load certificate from PEM string
$pem = PEM_cert2string($cert);         # convert certificate to PEM string

$key = KEY_create_rsa(2048);           # create new 2048-bit RSA key
PEM_key2file($key,"key.pem");          # and write it to file
KEY_free($key);                        # free memory within OpenSSL

DESCRIPTION

This module provides various utility functions to work with certificates and private keys, shielding some of the complexity of the underlying Net::SSLeay and OpenSSL.

FUNCTIONS

AUTHOR

Steffen Ullrich