need to create a private key.
Private keys are generated with 'openssl genrsa -out privkey.pem' if
-you want a RSA private key, or if you want a DSA private key:
+you want an RSA private key, or if you want a DSA private key:
'openssl dsaparam -out dsaparam.pem 2048; openssl gendsa -out privkey.pem dsaparam.pem'.
The private keys created by these commands are not passphrase protected;
policies). A certificate request is sent to a certificate authority
to get it signed into a certificate. You can also sign the certificate
yourself if you have your own certificate authority or create a
-self-signed certificate (typically for testing purpose).
+self-signed certificate (typically for testing purposes).
The certificate request is created like this:
By now, you have your certificate and your private key and can start
using applications that depend on it.
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Richard Levitte