Category: SSL
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How-to: Create a PFX Certificate Bundle.
A lot of platforms use what are called PFX bundles when dealing with SSL certificates. The cool thing about PFX bundles is that it keeps everything the SSL connection needs certificate wise in one tidy file. I recently had the pleasurable experience of having to create about 30 of these bundles, so I will share…
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How to convert a SSL certificate into PIM format.
Sometimes depending on the application you need to convert your SSL certificate to a different format namely the PIM format. To convert your certificate to PIM format run the following command: openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey /etc/pki/tls/private/ www.domain.com.key -in www.domain.com.cer -out www.domain.com.p12 Happy SSL’ing.
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Generate a CSR using Subject Alternative Names on RHEL / CentOS 5.6
This how-to has to deal with SSL and something called Subject Alternative Names. When a normal SSL certificate is generated its usually for one host for example https://www.domain.com. The problem with this is that you cannot use the same certificate for say ftps://ftp.domain.com. The mismatch between the hostnames ‘www’ vs ‘ftp’ would cause issues validating…