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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"

Without any arguments, the
make command simply prints the information listed in the preceding example. The following
defines each argument you can give to make:
 make server.key??”Creates generic public/private key pairs.
 make server.csr??”Generates a generic SSL certificate service request.
 make server.crt??”Generates a generic SSL test certificate.
 make stunnel.pem??”Generates a generic SSL test certificate, but puts the private key
in the same file as the SSL test certificate.
 make genkey??”Same as make server.key except it places the key in the ssl.key
directory.
 make certreq??”Same as make server.csr except it places the certificate service
request in the ssl.csr directory.
 make testcert??”Same as make server.crt except it places the test certificate in
the ssl.crt directory.
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Running the Show Part II
Using Third-Party Certificate Signers
In the real world, I know who you are because I recognize your face, your voice, and your mannerisms.
On the Internet, I cannot see these things and must rely on a trusted third party to vouch for
your identity. To ensure that a certificate is immutable, it has to be signed by a trusted third party
when the certificate is issued and validated every time an end user taking advantage of your secure
site loads it.


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