I am designing a secure webserver for use in a small company. The
connection must be secure.
My plan is to use SSL/TLS and 'AuthConfig/htpasswd' to make the
connections. I have reviewed various explanations of how to create my
own Certificate Authority and how to create both server and clien
Here's what I did
Command
Usage
openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca.key 1024
Created key for my own CA
Remained in /etc/ssl
openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key ca.key
-out ca.crt
Created the CA certifica
did with the results. That was in hopes that someone might see where
I made my mistake. Thanks again.
Dr. Stephen Henson wrote:
On Sat, Sep 11, 2004, Steve Ankeny wrote:
Please don't post in HTML.
As to your query. This is much easier if you follow the CA.pl instructions.
Some "guides
Very good suggestions! Thanks
I will not have time to try these until this evening, but I will report
any errors, etc. You guys are the best.
Dr. Stephen Henson wrote:
On Sat, Sep 11, 2004, Steve Ankeny wrote:
Sorry about the html
First of all, I am using Mozilla. I never use IE
What
Here's the commands I used to create my own CA and my own certificate
and key
"CA.pl -newca"
"CA.pl -newreq"
"CA.pl -signreq"
Everything went well (no errors), and I wound up with newcert.pem and
newreq.pem (as well as cacert.pem as expected).
I renamed newcert.pem and newreq.pem to help i
o do this again for awhile. ]
It just goes to show that stupid errors can make all the difference.
And, I see the value of CA.pl (having read it). Thanks again.
Dr. Stephen Henson wrote:
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004, Steve Ankeny wrote:
Here's the commands I used to create my own CA and my own certif
