Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:44:38 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: big-sky@altavista.net Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Certificate Howto Message-ID: <37B9BBA6.AC80624F@nisser.com> References: <000001bee8c8$41f17900$0201010a@cmr.net>
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Mark Einreinhof wrote: > > Is there a Howto/FAQ that explains "make certificate type=*" ? I just want > to create a cert that contains my info so I know when I pointed my browser > to my server to go secure, I got my server and no longer get the SnakeOil > cert. I don't need all the fancy Verisign, etc. stuff. The SSLeay docs describe how to do that. Can't easily tell you since it's been over a year since I did it. But it wasn't that hard. Basically you first generate a CA certificate and then use that to certify your own certificate. Most browser will allow you to add such a self signed certificate. Roelof PS also noticed that the O'Reilly apache book has a chapter about SSL including making certificates. But I just bought it and haven't had time to do more than browse it. -- Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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