On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 02:22:53PM -0500, Borresen, John - 0442 - MITLL wrote: > Using TLS. To create the certificates, finding a lot of varying ideas via > google, what is the "best practice" to create certificates to where I don't > have to touch each client if a server goes down. Create a wildcard cert or > use the subjectAltName in the openssl.cnf file?
Is this a public-facing server, or strictly internally facing? Will you be using an in-house CA? I'm a fan of an in-house CA (note: note the same as a self-signed cert), and a well-populated SAN list, possibly incorporating IP addresses as well. > John D. Borresen (Dave) > Linux/Unix Systems Administrator > MIT Lincoln Laboratory > Surveillance Systems Group > 244 Wood St > Lexington, MA 02420 > Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- Brian Reichert <[email protected]> BSD admin/developer at large
