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Generate self-signed cert openssl

Problem

You want to generate a self-signed certificate, for use with a web server.

This will allow you to communicate with your web server over HTTPS, effectively encrypting your traffic.

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Free techie tips » Blog Archive » Step by step - HowTo implement encryption for Weblogic 6.1 (WLS6.1) Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
[…] Handed to you on a plate - clear simple and proven. Generate a self signed cert as describe in my >%20openssl+tip+here%20One gotcha is if your WLS has only an export license, which then requires a maximum of 56bits […]

Problem	Solution	Example	Reference	Recommended
To create a certificate request: openssl req -new -days 730 -keyout keyna.pem -out keyna.pem [ See a run through screen shot here ] Self-sign the request - only do this if you are not sending off to a CA such as Verisign. openssl ca -policy policy_anything -days 730 -out certna.pem -infiles keyna.pem [ See a run through screen shot here ] If you get 'unable to write random state', try this: look for command ssh-rand-helper usually under ssh install directories (or if ~/.ssh/.prng_seed exists - you can just link to it or copy it to $HOME). ssh-rand-helper -b 1024 > $HOME/.prng_seed To strip the password out, for restarts: openssl rsa -in keyna.key -out keyna.key.unsecure

Generate self-signed cert openssl

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