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Siono4,<br />
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You can certainly generate a self signed certificate. However, I suggest that you re-consider. If people are visiting your www site, significant security is not provided by only the encryption, it is provided by the encryption AND the assurance that the site is authentic.<br />
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The cost of certificates has dropped substantially. It is now less than US$ 50 to get a certificate from some authorities, particularly GODADDY.COM.<br />
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With all due respect, I suggest that you reconsider the idea of using a self-signed certificate for anything except casual testing.<br />
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- Bob (aka RLGSC)
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Siono4,

You can certainly generate a self signed certificate. However, I suggest that you re-consider. If people are visiting your www site, significant security is not provided by only the encryption, it is provided by the encryption AND the assurance that the site is authentic.

The cost of certificates has dropped substantially. It is now less than US$ 50 to get a certificate from some authorities, particularly GODADDY.COM.

With all due respect, I suggest that you reconsider the idea of using a self-signed certificate for anything except casual testing.

- Bob (aka RLGSC)

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Thanks bloemkool1980. That solved my problem
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Thanks bloemkool1980. That solved my problem

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your welcome it did solve my problem too which was almost identical to yours.<br />
Goodluck with your nifty opensource solution :)<br />

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your welcome it did solve my problem too which was almost identical to yours.
Goodluck with your nifty opensource solution :)


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Hi,<br />
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I want to use SSL on my website. In order to do this, my hosting company generates the CSR and sends it to me so that I can contact an SSL Provider. But... instead of going to the SSL Provider, I want to create a self signed certificate using OpenSSL. Does anyone know how I can create the certificate using the CSR provided by my hosting company?<br />
<br />
Thanks in advance for any help...
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Hi,

I want to use SSL on my website. In order to do this, my hosting company generates the CSR and sends it to me so that I can contact an SSL Provider. But... instead of going to the SSL Provider, I want to create a self signed certificate using OpenSSL. Does anyone know how I can create the certificate using the CSR provided by my hosting company?

Thanks in advance for any help...

OpenSSL - Create a self signed certificate using a CSR

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.

Security

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. In an encryption scheme, the intended communication information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients, but not to unauthorized interceptors.