EL HACHIMI Driss wrote: > Hello, > > I have to setup an SSL communication between a client and a server. I have > bought the OpenSSL book and I have downloaded the last OpenSSL release > version. > I think the first think to do is to set up my certification authority > following these steps: > > Create an environment for my CA > Build an OpenSSL configuration file > Create a self signed root certificate > Issue a certificate > Within the book, I don't find the OpenSSL commands to perform these > operations. Could you help me? > > Thank you > Best Regards > Driss El Hachimi > There are many, many guides out there (Search for PKI Howto on Google). If you want a very extensive example that explains just about all of the possible extensions and situations for which you may want to configure OpenSSL, we have written one and it is at:
http://www.carillon.ca/library/openssl_testca_howto_1.2.pdf Have fun. --- Patrick Patterson Carillon Information Security Inc. http://www.carillon.ca ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
