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Date: 2007dec11

Q.  How do I make a self-signed certificate with no password?

A.  This script does the trick:
	
	#!/bin/sh

	usage()
	{
		echo 'Usage: makecert <hostname>' >&2
		exit 1
	}

	if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
		usage
	fi

	HOST=$1
	openssl genrsa 1024 > $HOST.key
	chmod 400 $HOST.key
	openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha1 -days 3650 -key $HOST.key > $HOST.cert
	cat $HOST.cert $HOST.key > $HOST.pem
	chmod 400 $HOST.pem

You might want to save the certificate in /etc/pki/tls/certs

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