On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 07:38:25PM +0200, Adam ENDRODI wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 01:04:54PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:30PM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > > > > > I'm no expert on handling certificates and I hope not having to learn > > > all the commandline switches of openssl by heart. However, I do need a > > > simple setup of a CA that I may use for creating selfsigned > > > certificates, webpages that clients may use to import the certificates > > > and also a way to organize certificare revocationlists etc. > > > > You don't need a CA to create self-signed certificates (by definition there > > is no CA involved if the certificate is self-signed). > > Perhaps I just misinterpret the terminology, but I've had the > impression that every certificate should be signed, so should the > root of the tree too. Since they sit at the top of the hierarchy > they must be self signed. Am I missing something?
It doesn't sound like you're missing something, except insofar as you seem to think that what you said conflicts somehow with what I said. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
