SSL certs

CSR and Self Signed Cert

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/07/linux-apache-mod-ssl-generate-key-csr-crt-file

# openssl genrsa -des3 -out www.thegeekstuff.com.key 1024
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
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e is 73547 (0x01001)
Enter pass phrase for www.thegeekstuff.com.key:
Verifying - Enter pass phrase for www.thegeekstuff.com.key:

# ls -ltr www.thegeekstuff.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   963 Jun 13 20:26 www.thegeekstuff.com.key

# openssl req -new -key www.thegeekstuff.com.key -out www.thegeekstuff.com.csr
Enter pass phrase for www.thegeekstuff.com.key:
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:US
State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]:California
Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]:Los Angeles
Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:The Geek Stuff
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:IT
Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []: thegeekstuff
Email Address []:

Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:
An optional company name []:

# ls -ltr www.thegeekstuff.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   963 Jun 13 20:26 www.thegeekstuff.com.key
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   664 Jun 13 20:35 www.thegeekstuff.com.csr

# openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in www.thegeekstuff.com.csr -signkey www.thegeekstuff.com.key -out www.thegeekstuff.com.crt
Signature ok
subject=/C=US/ST=California/L=Los Angeles/O=thegeekstuff/OU=IT/CN=www.thegeekstuff.com
Getting Private key
Enter pass phrase for www.thegeekstuff.com.key:

# ls -l www.thegeekstuff*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   963 Jun 13 20:26 www.thegeekstuff.com.key
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   664 Jun 13 20:35 www.thegeekstuff.com.csr
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   879 Jun 13 20:43 www.thegeekstuff.com.crt