ok so I finally figured out how to make AIM encryption certs, to be used in AIM >= 5.2. wow aren’t I fancy. Anyway, you have to have openssl installed.
on gentoo, in the directory /etc/ssl/misc there is a file called CA.sh. This file is also in the openssl source in the /apps/ directory.
go into a directory that you can write to, and do the following:
/etc/ssl/misc/CA.sh -newca
hit enter when it asks for a filename
enter a password when it asks for one (twice), I recommend making all your passwords the same through this process.
put in a country, state, city, and some kind of name (I put progoth.com for organization). Don’t need to put anything in for organizational unit, put in your name and then put in your email address.
/etc/ssl/misc/CA.sh -newreq
put in a password (twice), a country, a state, a city. put in your screenname for organization, hit enter on organizational unit name, put in your screenname for common name, and then put in your email address. hit enter for challenge password and company name.
/etc/ssl/misc/CA.sh -signreq
put in your password from earlier, answer ‘y’ for the next 2 questions.
openssl pkcs12 -export -in newcert.pem -inkey newreq.pem -certfile demoCA/cacert.pem -name screenname -out screenname.p12
put in your password from earlier (3 times)
now you have a .p12 file. open up aim, and go to Edit Options -> Edit Preferences -> Security (I’m doing this in aim 5.5). Click Advanced..., click Import..., and select your .p12 file. Put in your password a few times, click ok a few times and you should now have a nice lock beside your name.
WHAT are you talking about? Why would I want to do whatever you are talking about?
if you don’t know, just ignore it. that is my advice. yep.