Poor Man's PKI

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Openssl


Mkdir root Mkdir leaf

  1. create root - asks for cn parameters and pem password

openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -out root/cert.crt -out root/rootcert.crt -keyout root/rootprivkey.key

  1. create new leaf private key - not encrypted!

openssl genrsa -out leaf/privkey.key 2048

  1. create new leaf request based on private key, provide parameters and challenge password

openssl req -new -key leaf/privkey.key -out leaf/someserver.csr -config openssl.cnf  #sign the leaf with the root openssl x509 -req -in leaf/someserver.csr -CA root/rootcert.crt -CAkey root/rootprivkey.key -out leaf/someserversigned.cer -days 365 -sha256 -Cacreateserial