Howto generate an SSL key and self signed cert with openssl

For SSH, HTTPS, TLS SMTP,POPS, IMAPS you need a RSA key pair. Most Linux package installers produce this pairs automatically, but if you like, you can generate them yourself. The quickest method I found is: openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout servername.key -out servername.crt -days 1024 This command asks you some questions. The most […]

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