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>The procedure for creating a certificate is the same as for Microsoft Outlook. Indeed it uses the same certificate store, you can point WinCrypt to a certificate previously installed for Outlook and vice-versa.</P
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>It is possible to verify a WinCrypt signed file filename.sgn using:</P
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>openssl smime -verify -inform der -in filename.sgn -CAfile cacert.crt</PRE
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>To sign a file with openSSL in a compatible format use:</P
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>openssl smime -sign -outform der -nodetach -out filename.sgn \
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>To view the structure of a signed file:</P
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