> From: Neil.Newman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > When you generate the private key and the CSR does it tie > itself in to the particular server it is generated on, or are > we able to create the private key and CSR on our test server > prior to using it on the new server when it arrives?. >
The reason that you see recommendations to generate it on the machine it is to be used, is that transferring private keys has some inherent risk. You can encrypt it (again) to lessen this risk, but in any case you should not do this over a network -- transfer it by floppy. Matt ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
