On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Zico <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, is it necessary to generate private from "that server" in which I will > install SSL certificate? I mean, say, I want to install SSL certificate for > my www.mysite.com, now, is it necessary that, I have to generate private > key > and csr from that "www.mysite.com" server? Or, I can also create private > key > and CSR from my local machine and then apply for crt file from any > authorized CA certificate provider? > > If your intention is only to use SSL certificates to login to your server, it is not necessary to apply for certificates from CAs. You can generate your own public - pvt key pair in your own pc and copy the public key to your server.
See if http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/ helps! regds, mano _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
