SSL Certificates with OpenSSL

Discussion in 'Technical' started by heat, May 3, 2005.

  1. heat

    heat New Member

    Hi all,

    how can I create SSL certificates with OpenSSL on the command line. I googled a little bit, but this is all very confusing to me so I'd appreciate a clear set of instructions... :D
     
  2. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    Something like this should work:

    Code:
    openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:yourpassword -out /path/to/your/key_file 1024
    openssl req -new -passin pass:yourpassword -passout pass:yourpassword -key /path/to/your/key_file -out /path/to/your/csr_file -days 365
    openssl req -x509 -passin pass:yourpassword -passout pass:yourpassword -key /path/to/your/key_file -in /path/to/your/csr_file -out /path/to/your/crt_file -days 365
    openssl rsa -passin pass:yourpassword -in /path/to/your/key_file -out /path/to/your/key_file2
    chmod 400 /path/to/your/key_file2
     
  3. yalgashev

    yalgashev New Member

    openssl signing certificate request

    Hi, all! :)
    I use openssl to sign erificate request by this way:
    openssl ca -passin pass:5234590 -policy policy_match -out 1.crt -infiles 1.csr
    Please help me: how to generate certificate that should just protect email?
    Sorry for my bad English

    Thanks for advises!
     
  4. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    The procedure is the same.
     

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