Re: PEM-DER-CSR-CRT

2010-07-25 Thread Jakob Bohm
Ok, this one should be in the docs, but unfortunately, there is only a completely outdated note in there. For any PKI certificate there are 3 parts: 1. The secret private key, which only the relevant computer should know and which no-one else should be able to see or steal. This can be stored i

PEM-DER-CSR-CRT

2010-07-24 Thread Warron French
I have been reading HOWTOs all over the internet trying to figure out how to generate a self-signed and/or CA (mine) signed certificate. What I can't understand is, WHY do I need an RSA "key" or certificate. I think it's a key. WHY do I need a PEM certificate, and why a DER certificate? No wh