Re: Is it necessary to generate a new SSL request each year?
You can reuse the old one. I'm not an expert on these, but it was my understanding that certificates carry in internal expiration date after which the application may respond as it pleases. Yes, but the *request* does not. Also, if using openssl, just set the defaults in /etc/ssl/ openssl.cnf to your values, so you can enter through the questions Cool... save a minute here and a minute there... at the end of a year, I might have enough saved up to take lunch! -- John ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Is it necessary to generate a new SSL request each year?
In the last episode (Apr 29), John Almberg said: When buying a new SSL cert, I've been generating a new request each year... I am just about to buy another and it occurred to me that I'm entering the same info. Do I really need a new request file each year? Or can I just reuse the same one (presuming none of the info has changed.) You can reuse the old one. -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Is it necessary to generate a new SSL request each year?
Dan Nelson writes: When buying a new SSL cert, I've been generating a new request each year... I am just about to buy another and it occurred to me that I'm entering the same info. Do I really need a new request file each year? Or can I just reuse the same one (presuming none of the info has changed.) You can reuse the old one. I'm not an expert on these, but it was my understanding that certificates carry in internal expiration date after which the application may respond as it pleases. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Is it necessary to generate a new SSL request each year?
On Thursday 30 April 2009 01:05:50 Robert Huff wrote: Dan Nelson writes: When buying a new SSL cert, I've been generating a new request each year... I am just about to buy another and it occurred to me that I'm entering the same info. Do I really need a new request file each year? Or can I just reuse the same one (presuming none of the info has changed.) You can reuse the old one. I'm not an expert on these, but it was my understanding that certificates carry in internal expiration date after which the application may respond as it pleases. Yes, but the *request* does not. Also, if using openssl, just set the defaults in /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf to your values, so you can enter through the questions. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
