SSL certificate creation
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Generating
You can generate SSL certs using openSSL.
These certificates can be self-signed (not very secure), or signed by a certificate authority (the purpose of ssl).
# Create RSA private key openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024 # Create Certificate openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr # Strip Passphrase from a key cp server.key server.key.orig openssl rsa -in server.key.orig -out server.key # Sign Certificate openssl x509 -req -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt