René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Define certificate creation facilities","articleBody":"### What is the problem this feature will solve?\n\nRight now, there is a gap in the `crypto` package in that, while one can parse existing certificates (e.g., `new X509Certificate(...)`), there's no exposed built-in functionality (that I could find) to create new certificates with specified properties.\r\n\r\nThis feature will close that gap.\n\n### What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?\n\nAdd new classes and/or methods to `node:crypto`, so that one can create a signed certificate from its various parts, along with a signing key, CSR, etc.\r\n\n\n### What alternatives have you considered?\n\nI am currently using the npm package `pem` for this, which is a thin wrapper around call-outs to the `openssl` binary (which it assumes is available in the environment).\r\n\r\nThe npm package`node-forge` seems to have the right functionality and is JS-native, though it is unclear how well-maintained it is.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/danfuzz","@type":"Person","name":"danfuzz"},"datePublished":"2023-12-15T23:23:35Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/51169"}