A self signed certificate is signed with its own private key instead of the private key of a higher or publicly trusted certificate authority (CA).
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Does DANE allow for trustable self-signed certificates?
DANE has 4 modes of operation indexed 0-3 with mode 3 i.e. Domain issued certificate allowing for self-signed certificates. Can this mode be used in a trustable manner? and if so does that mean that traditional Certificate Authorities and their…

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I am unable to provide a valid PEM file to HaProxy despite validating the PEM file and installing the self-signed certificate in the correct places
I will post my private key in its entirety because it is an example for development and debugging purposes.
This is the process by which I have created my PEM file:
https://serversforhackers.com/c/using-ssl-certificates-with-haproxy
sudo openssl…

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certbot --apache uses wrong domain name but claims to use the right one
I am running a website with apache on RHEL7 on the domain https://www.ayeaye.at. I am using certbot to obtain a certificate.
The webserver works, I get a proper certificate for domain, and certbot tells me that it is installed and working, but when…

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Why does replacing certificate in WebLogic now require TLS1.2
We replaced a self-signed certificate JKS with a signed certificate in WebLogic 12.2.1.3.0.
The C# desktop applications that connect to a service hosted there now fail with "The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel". That…

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Openssl "Self-signed certificate in certificate chain" when server sends whole certificate chain with the self-signed certificate to the client
I am having the following certificate chain:
Self-signed Certificate --> Intermediate --> Client cert, Server cert. I have application for ssl communication and also verify peer setting. I try to test this chain with openssl s_client command and I…

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Requirements for certificates to sign PDFs in Adobe Reader?
I'm trying to set up PDF digital signatures using certificates generated by openssl. I have generated a CA certificate, and used that to sign end user certificates, which I archive in PKCS#12 format. I have imported and trusted the CA certificate in…

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Trusting a Self Signed Certificate on RHEL7
I'm running into an issue where I'm trying to import a self-signed certificate of one of our servers to one of our development boxes.
I've tried adding the .cer file from the server to /etc/pki/ca-trust/source (and have tried /anchor as well) then…

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error when trying to add custom extensions to X509 certificates using openSSL
I am trying to add custom extensions to my self-signed certificate.
I tried the following
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365 -extfile myconfig.cnf -extensions v3_req
Error is
unknown option…

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How to avoid HSTS error by hosts redirect with self-signed certificate?
I created this records in windows hosts file
127.0.0.1 a.domain.name
127.0.0.1 b.domain.name
127.0.0.1 c.domain.name
where
127.0.0.1 - ip of my server
[a,b,c].domain.name - domains wich from i need to get redirect to my server
So, how i need to…

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Self signed certificate is still trusted after revocation
I have create Root CA and Server Certificate following didierstevens blog. My browsers still trusts the certificate even after revoking the server certificate. I was getting certificate revoked error message for my old CA and certificate. I followed…

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Do I need mutlipe certificates for mutliple services running
I did a lot of research on this but still I am confused about how many certificates I need to self-sign for each of my services running on my private server. Here is the deal:
I am creating my own server on raspberry Pi (raspbian~debian) to run my…

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How do I use a self-signed certificate with an Apache server linked to a dynamic DNS service?
I have a Linux Apache web server running ownCloud set up. I wish to use a dynamic DNS service (such as No-IP Free) with this server because my public IP address is not static. I also wish to use a self-signed certificate (I know of the risks) with…

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IIS HTTPS sites
I have ASP systems and APIs hosted on IIS, some of these sites need to bind with HTTPS. In order to bind them, I use a Self-Signed Certificate. The issue is that Browser considers it as untrusted and shows certificate invalid errors.
This is from…

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How to have good SSL/TLS certificates without proxying through cloudflare?
I currently have a site hosted on my local raspberry pi, and I have my domain registered through cloudflare. I would also like to be able to use PiVPN to access the contents of the VPS when I am away away from home. Unfortunately the CF proxy only…

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Installing self-signed certificate on tomcat
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The question: I have an application running under tomcat which calls another application under the same tomcat via a gateways which has a self signed SSL certificate installed. When you call the link from your browser it warns you…

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