Re: [cobalt-developers] SSL certificates for multiple domains

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adrian Parker wrote:

> And what's to stop people figuring out how to make their own cert?  I mean
> if I give my domain name [if I owned one] to a company and got a cert, would
> it be possible to work backwards to figure out how it was made?

You CAN make your own cert.  My linux installations all include the
software for creating your own cert.  And in fact if you've got a RaQ3
or above, and you don't own a cert, you should install your own cert on
the admin server so you'll have encryption on your administration.

But if you use your own cert the browser will tell the person browsing
to the site that the cert issuer is "unknown".

Jeff
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