Documentation on OpenSSL, an open source library that implements Transport Layer Security (TLS) and other protocols.
- Self Signed Certificates - how to create testing or peer-to-peer certificates.
- Certificate Authority (CA) - how to setup and manage a small local CA.
- Generating Certificate Signing Requests (CSR) - sent to CA to allow generation of certificate.
- Examples - OpenSSL configuration examples for server applications.
- Exporting - methods of exporting certificates to clients.
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Handline S/MIME with openssl smime.
- Monitoring certificates for expiration - how to check and report when certificates near expiration.
Related
- Network Security with OpenSSL.
- SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems.
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) versus TLS versus STARTTLS.
- Simple SCEP client for Unix (SSCEP) - client-only implementation of the SCEP (Cisco System’s Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol).
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MD5 considered harmful today: Creating a rogue CA certificate
- OpenSSL—despite the similar name to OpenSSH, and OpenSSH relying on the OpenSSL library for certain cryptographic routines—is unrelated to OpenSSH, or the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol.
- Network Security Services (NSS) and GnuTLS are alternative implementations of the TLS protocol, and may be required by certain software applications.
