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===== Creating a Certificate Authority ===== | ===== Creating a Certificate Authority ===== | ||
- | The following link describes the steps for creating a [[https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/introduction.html|Certificate Authority using OpenSSL]]. Read the introduction and follow the instructions that are detailed in [[https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/create-the-root-pair.html|create-the-root-pair]] and then [[https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/create-the-intermediate-pair.html|create-the-intermediate-pair]]. For those using Windows, please note that | + | The following link describes the steps for creating a [[https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/introduction.html|Certificate Authority using OpenSSL]]. Read the introduction and follow the instructions that are detailed in [[https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/create-the-root-pair.html|create-the-root-pair]] and then [[https://jamielinux.com/docs/openssl-certificate-authority/create-the-intermediate-pair.html|create-the-intermediate-pair]]. For those using Windows, please note that you will need to modify the configuration files (openssl.cnf) that are referenced in the article since the paths are specific to Linux. For example, here is how the [CA_default] section would look for Windows: |
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+ | [ CA_default ] | ||
+ | # Directory and file locations. | ||
+ | dir = C:\\My Projects\\keystore\\root\\ca | ||
+ | certs = $dir\\certs | ||
+ | crl_dir = $dir\\crl | ||
+ | new_certs_dir = $dir\\newcerts | ||
+ | database = $dir\\index.txt | ||
+ | serial = $dir\\serial | ||
+ | RANDFILE = $dir\\private\\.rand | ||