So I would be able to create new keys without having to get new certs?

Thanks,
Mike


On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Krist van Besien <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Mike Lyon <[email protected]> wrote:
> > It's another link in the security of that certificate... I'd prefer to
> keep
> > it. It guarantees continuity from the creation of the CSR until you get
> the
> > cert back from the CA.
>
> The passphrase is on the key, not the certificate. The key should
> never leave your server. You could have created your original key
> without a passphrase even, and the CA wouldn't have known it.
>
> Having the certificate itself encrypted is pointless, as you will be
> handing it out to anyone contacting your server.
>
> Krist
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