Hi Victor, Thank you so much for your valuable information. I will as our admin about the openSSL with our Linux.
Lisa --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Victor B. Wagner <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Victor B. Wagner <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Install openssl > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 2:52 AM > On 2009.02.19 at 12:38:27 -0800, Database System wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to openSSL/SSL. I downloaded the file. It > is > > If you are new to openSSL, it is better to use version > which is > provided by your Linux distribution. Every linux > distribution out there > already includes OpenSSL, and applications which require > SSL support are > already compiled with it. > > Only if you are absolutely sure, that version provided by > your > distribution is too old for your needs, you should bother > with compiling > OpenSSL under Linux. > > > openssl-0.9.8j.tar.tar and I want to use it on Linux. > But I think > > it doesn't mater of which version on my question. > > > > > What I need to do next? Do I need to compile it? what > compiler and command? > > Unpack the archive. There is file named INSTALL in the top > level > directory. All the installation instructions are in this > file. > > > Is there any instructions for creating certificate > after compile it? > > Typically, OpenSSL user doesn't create certificates. > User creates > certificate request, and send it to Certification > Authority. > Authority creates certificate. Of course, OpenSSL allows > you to run > your own CA. But it is a bit more complicated thing. > > Your linux distribution probably contain some scripts which > simplify > creation of certificate request. For example, RedHat/Fedora > has > crypto-utils package, which contains nice interactive > genkeys script. > > > >Or any How to step by step...? > > This is a big problem. Most of howtos I'm aware of are > outdated or even > completely disappear from web. Documentation included in > the OpenSSL > distribution is pure reference, which doesn't outline > whole picture. > You have to know a lot of things before you can use this > documentation > effectively. > > There is also O'Reilly book "Securing applications > with OpenSSL". > But I haven't read it so don't know if it suites > you. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project > http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List > [email protected] > Automated List Manager > [email protected] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [email protected]
