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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssl/doc/HOWTO/certificates.txt')
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diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/HOWTO/certificates.txt b/crypto/openssl/doc/HOWTO/certificates.txt index d3a6254..a8a34c7 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/doc/HOWTO/certificates.txt +++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/HOWTO/certificates.txt @@ -66,14 +66,13 @@ Section 5 will tell you more on how to handle the certificate you received. -4. Creating a self-signed certificate +4. Creating a self-signed test certificate If you don't want to deal with another certificate authority, or just -want to create a test certificate for yourself, or are setting up a -certificate authority of your own, you may want to make the requested -certificate a self-signed one. This is similar to creating a -certificate request, but creates a certificate instead of a -certificate request (1095 is 3 years): +want to create a test certificate for yourself. This is similar to +creating a certificate request, but creates a certificate instead of +a certificate request. This is NOT the recommended way to create a +CA certificate, see ca.txt. openssl req -new -x509 -key privkey.pem -out cacert.pem -days 1095 |
