Tag: openssl

Generating an SSL CSR and key

To generate an SSL certificate signing request (CSR) with key you can do this: openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout bla.key -out bla.csr Read More »
By halfgaar, 1 year ago, on May 10, 2012, at 15:05 | No comments

Testing an OpenSSL connection

Simple command to test an SSL connection: openssl s_client -connect meel.halfgaar.net:993 -ssl3 Read More »
By halfgaar, 2 years ago, on February 25, 2011, at 13:02 | No comments

Changing an apache virtual host to ssl

To change a virtual host in apache to ssl: #Redirect all normal traffic to the https site. RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R] Read More »
By halfgaar, 3 years ago, on September 07, 2010, at 15:09 | No comments

Generating key and certificate for courier-imap

To create a self-signed certificate for courier-imap: openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -nodes -out imapd.pem -keyout imapd.pem Read More »
By halfgaar, 3 years ago, on September 04, 2010, at 11:09 | No comments

Generating a self-signed SSL certificate

This article explains nicely how to make a self-signed SSL certificate, for Apache for instance: Read More »
By halfgaar, 3 years ago, on May 16, 2010, at 23:05 | No comments

Show fields in a SSL certificate with openssl

To use OpenSSL to get the certficate information (source): Read More »
By halfgaar, 3 years ago, on March 23, 2010, at 13:03 | No comments