Hi
Have a look around our site (www.thawte.com) under SSL certs - we have
instructions for generating keys and CSRs for most servers, including
mod_ssl.
Regards
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Morgan Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thawte Certification (http://www.thawte.com/)
Maya Kenner wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I started in a new company and they are using Apache server with mod_ssl for
> the security, the certificate just expires and I have no clue how to
> re-generate a new one... As I don't know how Apache works nor SSL...
>
> Apparently , a CA server has been installed on the machine as I can see some
> openssl and ssleay command but I don't know how to use it, as I don't really
> understand what's the difference between the different encrytpion type.
>
> I did try to read the doc on Apache and www.modssl.org but didn't success to
> make the link on how to re-generate the certificate.
>
> I don't know if this can help, but here is how looks like the pem files
> under apache/sslcerts directory:
>
> issuer :/ST=World/L=Internet/O=XXXX/OU=Server Certificates/Email=XXXX
> subject:/C=XXXX/ST=XXXX/L=XXXX/O=XXXX XXXX/CN=XXXX/Email=XXXX
> serial :07
>
> Certificate:
> Data:
> Version: 1 (0x0)
> Serial Number: 7 (0x7)
> Signature Algorithm: md5WithRSAEncryption
> Issuer: ST=World, L=Internet, O=TXXXX, OU=Server
> Certificates/Email=XXXX
> Validity
> Not Before: Jul 6 09:23:27 1998 GMT
> Not After : Jul 6 09:23:27 1999 GMT
> Subject: C=XXXX, ST=XXXX, L=XXXX, O=XXXX, CN=XXXX
> /Email=XXXX
> Subject Public Key Info:
> Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
> RSA Public Key: (1024 bit)
> Modulus (1024 bit):
> .......
> Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)
> Signature Algorithm: md5WithRSAEncryption
> ........
>
> -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
> ..........
> -----END CERTIFICATE-----
>
> ( I change all the company information into XXXX)
>
> I will really appreciate anyone who can help me to know how to re-generate
> the certificate and link it to Apache.
>
> Thanks, Maya
>
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