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Make a certifiaction and email-key with debian

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Hello,
Im looking for a document to see how to make a email-key and certification. I found some docs on the web, but they were a little bit contradictory. Which is the best Root-CA as a debian-user?

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Re: Make a certifiaction and email-key with debian

Submitted by IntnsRed on Tue, 2006-08-29 16:52.

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Which is the best Root-CA as a debian-user?

I'm not exactly sure what you mean.

In terms of CAs, there are 2 basic kinds. A real (or commercial) CA that usually has a web-based form to generate things, or a self-signed certificate. I'll assume you mean the latter.

A self-signed certificate is one you make yourself, so the price is right. But the "gotcha" is that it can't be verified by others because you're not using a Certificate Authority. (Note: There are now some free CAs appearing on the scene.) On the plus side, its encryption is just the same as any commercial certificate.

The "openssl" package can do this. Debian's Apache2 includes some scripts to do this (i.e. apache2-ssl-certificate).

I don't know of any specific pages that talks one through this -- or even what MTA you're using -- but here is one which uses PostFix which might be helpful.

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