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TLS CA and server key HOWTO

Justin Davies

v1.0, December 2002

Secure Socket Layer is a communications encryption system. It is commonly used to encrypt a http link for secure on-line transactions, but can be used for any communications protocol, such as e-mail, telnet, FTP etc. SSL uses certificates to encrypt and verify a connection session.

1. Introduction

2. SSL on Linux

3. Setting up a Certificate Authority

4. Creating a server key

5. Links

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