Re: WebID Frustration

On 08/06/2013 01:37 PM, Hugh Glaser wrote:
> Well, RWW.IO looked exciting, so I decided to start with it.
> And it seemed a good idea to have an account, so I decided I would finally create a WebID login - I know that lots of people think that this is the Way Ahead.
> I have a foaf file (actually more than one), and trawling the web, it seems that I if I have a foaf file I can use it for WebID.
> I certainly don't want to create it on some other site - I need another account like I need a hole in the head - in fact, that is what is meant to be good about WebID!
> Surely it isn't "Just one last new account".
>
> Anyway, you can guess that a while later I still don't seem to have managed it.
> I have read any number of pages that give me "simple" guides to doing stuff, with links to things that should help, etc. (often dead).
> I confess that I was definitely looking for the easiest way - for example, downloading a program to run just doesn't seem the sort of thing I want to do for something that is meant to be simple.
> Sorry if that all sounds provocative, but I am a bit frustrated!
>
> So have I missed something here?
> Is there really not a page that will really work for me?
> I'm using Safari on a Mac, by the way.
> And I'm trying to login in to https://hugh.rww.io
>
> Best
> Hugh

Just dropping this here for anyone that finds it useful.

The following will get you a public key that you can use in your WebID 
profile, a certificate that you can use to digitally sign your emails as 
well as to authenticate from your Web browser:

Create a public/private key as you would to SSH to networks:

$ ssh-keygen

Add your URI and email in openssl.cnf, then create the certificate using 
your private key from above. Import from your email client:

$ openssl req -x509 -new -config openssl.cnf -days 36500 -key id_rsa 
-out id_rsa.crt

Export to PKCS #12 and import from your browser:

$ openssl pkcs12 -export -in id_rsa.crt -inkey id_rsa -out id_rsa.p12

Copy/paste certificate signature value into your WebID profile.

-Sarven
http://csarven.ca/#i