Re: opensource CA server

Arne Vajhøj wrote:

Nigel Wade wrote:
vaneric wrote:
i want to learn the working of a cert authority server.can someone
suggest a good opensource CA server?

OpenSSL may be as good a place as any to start. You will certainly get to see
the inner workings of a CA laid bare. Look at http://www.openssl.org. It has
no
relation to Java, however.

OpenSSL has all the necessary tools for creation of your own CA, for
generating
cert. requests and signing those requests.

Does OpenSSL work as a CA server ?


It can certainly be a CA.

What is the distinction is between a CA and a CA server?

--
Nigel Wade
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