certreq.exe is a part of Windows Vista.
Relate to: Security, System Management, Console
Default location: %WinDir%\System32\certreq.exe
Useful information about: certreq.exe
Description: CertReq.exe
Version: 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Size: 213504 (208K)
MD5: EA71C59C0FD87A63175396E5F5C8CCE9
CertReq.exe is a command-line program that is installed as part of Certificate Services Management Tools.
Certreq.exe is used for:
• Create new certificate requests. This includes the generation of key material that corresponds to the certificate request.
• Apply policies to a certificate request. This applies to CA certificates where various constraints are required. Since you cannot include certificate policies in the certificate request that is created by a CA, you have to apply the policy to the CA certificate request explicitly.
• Submit certificate requests to a certification authority. This feature also works with remote certification authorities, so that you can submit a request via the network to a remote CA.
• Retrieve certificates from a CA. Based on the certificate request ID, you can retrieve any certificate from a CA and save it to a file.
• Accept (and install) certificates or responses. This command is intended to accept a certificate or a response that contains a certificate. Once you have created a certificate request with certreq.exe, it remains in a pending state on your computer until you install the certificate that corresponds to the request.
• Sign certificate requests. In the case where the certificate template administrator has set the number of certificate enrollment agent signatures to a value greater than zero, you can sign certificate requests with this option.
Usage:
CertReq -?
CertReq [-v] -?
CertReq [-Command] -?
CertReq [-Submit] [Options] [RequestFileIn [CertFileOut [CertChainFileOut [Ful
lResponseFileOut]]]]
Submit a request to a Certification Authority.
Options:
-attrib AttributeString
-binary
-config ConfigString
-crl
-rpc
-AdminForceMachine
CertReq -Retrieve [Options] RequestId [CertFileOut [CertChainFileOut [FullResp
onseFileOut]]]
Retrieve a response to a previous request from a Certification Authority.
Options:
-binary
-config ConfigString
-crl
-rpc
-AdminForceMachine
CertReq -New [Options] [PolicyFileIn [RequestFileOut]]
Create a new request as directed by PolicyFileIn
Options:
-attrib AttributeString
-binary
-cert CertId
-config ConfigString
-user
-machine
-xchg ExchangeCertFile
CertReq -Accept [Options] [CertChainFileIn | FullResponseFileIn | CertFileIn]
Accept and install a response to a previous new request.
Options:
-user
-machine
CertReq -Policy [Options] [RequestFileIn [PolicyFileIn [RequestFileOut [PKCS10
FileOut]]]]
Construct a cross certification or qualified subordination request
from an existing CA certificate or from an existing request.
Options:
-attrib AttributeString
-binary
-cert CertId
-noEKU
-alt
-hash HashAlgorithm
CertReq -Sign [Options] [RequestFileIn [RequestFileOut]]
Sign a certificate request with an enrollment agent or qualified
subordination signing certificate.
Options:
-binary
-cert CertId
-crl
-noEKU
-hash HashAlgorithm
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October 13 2008
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