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Certificate Authority

Certificate

This document describes how to build our own certificate authority and how to issue certificates for persons, devices and services acting as clients and servers.

Contents:

  • Public vs. Private CA
    • When to use Public CAs?
    • When to use a Private CAs?
  • What’s in a CA?
  • CA Protection
    • Root and Intermediate CA
    • Secure Work Environment
    • Secure Storage
  • Creating the Root CA
    • Directories and Files
    • OpenSSL configuration
    • Generate CSR and new Key
    • Generate CSR from existing Key
    • Show the CSR
    • Self-Signing the Root Certificate
    • Revocation List (CRL)
    • Install As Trusted CA
    • References
  • Creating the Intermediate CA
    • Directories and Files
    • OpenSSL configuration
    • Generate CSR and new Key
    • Generate CSR from existing Key
    • Sign the Intermediate with the Root CA
    • Revocation List (CRL)
    • Install and use the Intermediate CA
  • CA Website
    • IP Addresses
    • Nginx Configuration
    • Information Page
    • CA Files
  • Signing Certificates
    • Sign a Server Certificate Request
    • Sign a Client Device Certificate Request
    • Sign a Personal Certificate Request
  • Revoke Certificates
  • Certificate Revocation Lists
  • OCSP Responder
    • Directories and Files
    • OpenSSL configuration
    • Generate CSR and Key
    • Sign the CSR with the Intermediate CA
    • Install Certificates Index
    • OCSP Service
    • HTTP Proxy
    • References
  • x509 Certificate Attributes
    • Distinguished Name
    • Subject Alternative Name
    • Key Usage
    • Summary
  • Hardware Security Module
    • Software Installation
    • XCA
    • References
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