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create_cert

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create_cert(subject, key, age = ONE_YEAR, extensions = EXTENSIONS, serial = 1) public

Creates an unsigned certificate for subject and key. The lifetime of the key is from the current time to age which defaults to one year.

The extensions restrict the key to the indicated uses.

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# File lib/rubygems/security.rb, line 417
  def self.create_cert subject, key, age = ONE_YEAR, extensions = EXTENSIONS,
                       serial = 1
    cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new

    cert.public_key = key.public_key
    cert.version    = 2
    cert.serial     = serial

    cert.not_before = Time.now
    cert.not_after  = Time.now + age

    cert.subject    = subject

    ef = OpenSSL::X509::ExtensionFactory.new nil, cert

    cert.extensions = extensions.map do |ext_name, value|
      ef.create_extension ext_name, value
    end

    cert
  end

create_cert

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