Comments on: Create a self-signed SSL cert for 20 years! http://www.utahsysadmin.com/2007/09/12/create-a-self-signed-ssl-cert-for-20-years/ Ramblings of a Utah System Administrator Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:31:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin Pendleton http://www.utahsysadmin.com/2007/09/12/create-a-self-signed-ssl-cert-for-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Kevin Pendleton Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:48:26 +0000 http://www.utahsysadmin.com/2007/09/12/create-a-self-signed-ssl-cert-for-20-years/#comment-233 Here's how to do everything in one line: openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 7305 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout servername.key -out servername.crt Here’s how to do everything in one line:

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 7305 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout servername.key -out servername.crt

]]> By: Kevin Pendleton http://www.utahsysadmin.com/2007/09/12/create-a-self-signed-ssl-cert-for-20-years/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Kevin Pendleton Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:07:58 +0000 http://www.utahsysadmin.com/2007/09/12/create-a-self-signed-ssl-cert-for-20-years/#comment-186 For a stronger certificate, generate 2048 bits instead of 1024 on the first line: openssl genrsa -des3 -out test.key 2048 For a stronger certificate, generate 2048 bits instead of 1024 on the first line:

openssl genrsa -des3 -out test.key 2048

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