From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 24 04:53:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADEC2106568B for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:53:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EF448FC0C for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:53:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nAO4r85S011979 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:53:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:53:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:53:26 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20091124045323.GA51923@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Subject: need insights with openssl.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:53:30 -0000 guys, here is the web page for my network guy's cut and paste page. http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org/index.php/Deploying_a_FreeBSD_6.2_Server#Configuring_Mail_Services We need to generate SSL keys for the Apache server. BElow this is a wiki style box is the following trio of openssl commands. The second command gives me some error messages and dies. Can anybody figure out what I need to do to get openssl running? # openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024 # openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr # openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in /root/server.csr -signkey /root/server.key -out /root/server.crt Then the instructions: Copy the certs to the destination directory. Followed by more commands to cut and paste: # cp ~/server.key /usr/local/etc/apache22/ # cp ~/server.crt /usr/local/etc/apache22/ One other thing that is confusing is what openssl has to do with apache. Pointers to any tutorials or other documentation would be a huge help. thanks in advance, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php