CertBuilder
CertBuilder is designed to help vendors and operators create and generate
certificates that comply with the requirements in the PacketCable and CableHome
specifications. CertBuilder supports all the certificates defined in these
specifications.
You may download the CertBuilder User Guide
here.
A single license for CertBuilder costs $250. This includes all released
updates for one year from purchase.
FAQ
- Is CertBuilder available for other Operating Systems than Windows?
- Not currently, but only because of perceived lack of demand. If you are
interested in obtaining a copy of CertBuilder for Linux, please
let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you.
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- Why is there no GUI? I expect Windows programs to have GUIs.
- Two reasons. Firstly, it is easier to generate large numbers of
certificates from a program that is driven from a command line, so that
CertBuilder can be called from inside a script. Secondly (and more
pragmatically) we are making CertBuilder available only because several
vendors of PacketCable devices have expressed frustration at trying to
generate compliant certificates using freely-available tools. It would have
taken longer than it was worth to create a fancy GUI for CertBuilder.
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- Why do I need CertBuilder? Why can't I just use something like OpenSSL to
generate my certificates?
- The short answer is that you don't need CertBuilder, and you can use
something like OpenSSL to generate your certificates. However, some of the certificates
used in PacketCable and CableHome have
characteristics that apparently cannot be easily generated with freeware
packages. Even some very expensive packages can generate fully-compliant
certificates only with difficulty. Several vendors have shared their
frustration with us concerning their inability to generate compliant
certificates for themselves using freeware or inexpensive packages.
CertBuilder makes it possible to generate compliant certificates easily and
quickly. An additional capability provided by CertBuilder that is unavailable in other
packages is that, since it was specifically written for PacketCable/CableHome
applications, the generated certificates are automatically checked for full
compliance against the details of the specifications.
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- Why doesn't CertBuilder have capability xxx?
- Probably because we didn't think that there was a need for it. Let us know
the details of xxx, and we'll see if we can add the feature for you
(most likely at no charge).
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- How do I order a copy of CertBuilder?
- Send e-mail to info@ipfonix.com.
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- I have more questions. How do I get answers?
- Send e-mail to info@ipfonix.com.