Chapter 2. Certificate Management

Table of Contents

2.1. Installation

2.1.1. The CA.pl utility

2.1.2. The openssl.cnf file

2.1.3. Create the Certification Authority

2.2. Create a Root Certification Authority Certificate.

2.3. Create a non root Certification Authority Certificate.

2.4. Install the CA root certificate as a Trusted Root Certificate

2.4.1. In Netscape/Mozilla

2.4.2. In Galeon

2.4.3. In Opera

2.4.4. In Internet Explorer

2.5. Certificate management

2.5.1. Generate and Sign a certificate request

2.5.2. Revoke a certificate

2.5.3. Renew a certificate

2.5.4. Display a certificate

2.5.5. The index.txt file

2.5.6. Build your web based Certificate Authority