On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 10:05:08PM -0400, Dave Thompson wrote:
> > 1) is this a reasonable thing to do?
> 
> Yes.

Ok thanks. That's reassuring.

> You don't say why you chose to generate keys centrally. In case you didn't 
> know, even with your own CA you *can* still use the conventional process of 
> generate key+CSR on user system, send CSR to CA, CA issues cert, send cert 
> back to user system, use. That avoids some possible exposures but not all.

This setup will be for a network of low-powered environmental monitoring
stations. These will be set up and configured at "head office" and then
physically taken to a site and installed there. So for now its easy
to just do all the generating in one place. It's handy to know we have
other options though, thanks.

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