I'm going through the "Perfect Setup" for the Ubuntu 6.06 server. In Step 11, after doing "openssl genrsa -des3 -rand /etc/hosts -out smtpd.key 1024" I get prompted for a pass phrase... I tried doing a search through the forums but wasn't able to find anything on this... not sure what I'm missing. What should I put in there?
Pass Phrase for smtpd.key Put in anything you want, longer than eight chars. The Passphrase is used to build and identify the generated keys Keep the passphrase in mind, maybe you'll need it later again (e.g. for signing another key etc.)
Thanks, I went on with the installation with something of the sort. I would like to know how SSl works, how the security certificates work with my server, what all the information I put in there (name, company, email, etc) is used for, and so on, in more details... Is there any documentation anywhere where that whole process is explained?
