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> Hello Everyone
> I need to create the key for my secure server
> I am just starting out with SSL so do not want to pay verisign yet later
> yes but now right now

> $ ./sign.sh server.csr
> 
> This signs the server CSR and results in a server.crt file.
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> 
> I dont understand what they meen about  preparing a script for signing.

Just use the script you've been given (sign.sh). Follow each step in the
instructions just as it is written. The main steps are:

- make a Certificate Authority (CA) key and certificate (this allows you
to pretend you are Verisign).

- make a website key for your site.

- make a website Certificate Signing Request for your website (this is
the thing you would send to Verisign and which turns into a
certificate).

- sign the CSR using the CA cert -> outputs a certificate.

You need a key and a certificate for your site to work.

Rgds,

Owen Boyle.
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