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Creating a CSR with a SAN - openssl

Creating a CSR with a SAN - openssl

Created: 2020-10-20, Modified: 2020-10-20

Fixing ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID by generating an openssl CSR with Subject Alternative Names, using a reusable san.ini config file and openssl req.

Free HTTPS Certs with LetsEncrypt's Certbot

Free HTTPS Certs with LetsEncrypt's Certbot

Created: 2020-01-13, Modified: 2020-01-13

Install LetsEncrypt's certbot on Ubuntu and issue a free HTTPS certificate using the standalone HTTP challenge, then convert the files for HAProxy use.

Ubuntu: Blindly Trusting the Corporate CA

Ubuntu: Blindly Trusting the Corporate CA

Created: 2020-01-08, Modified: 2020-01-08

Extract a corporate CA certificate with openssl s_client and install it on Ubuntu via /usr/local/share/ca-certificates and update-ca-certificates.

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