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Self-signed certificates are a type of security certificates that are signed by the same entity that actually uses the certificate.

Self-signed certificates are a type of security certificates that are signed by the same entity that actually uses the certificate. A self-signed certificate is usually signed by an own, custom generated private key. Usually, a public key is also available from the certificating authority - it provides the option for the user or organization to test it against the own private key which is used for signing.

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How do I sign a Java applet for use in a browser?

I'm trying to deploy a Java applet on my website. I also need to sign it, because I need to access the clipboard. I've followed all the signing tutorials I could find but have not had any success. Here is what I've done so far: Wrote an applet…
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How to make a machine trust a self-signed Java application

I'm deploying an application using JAWS, and it worked until late 2013 when I got a warning, and then this morning Java completely blocked it. The message in French is: Application bloquée par les paramètres de sécurité Vos paramètres de sécurité…
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How to create a working trusted and or self-signed certificate for a Windows 10 UWP application via Visual Studio 2019, 2017 and 2015

Per this documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/makecert The following command describes creating a windows cer-file (i.e. a certificate from a trusted provider.) The issue with this is that when building…
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add or create 'Subject Alternative Name' field to self-signed certificate using makecert

How can I create a certificate using makecert with a 'Subject Alternative Name' field ? You can add some fields eg, 'Enhanced Key Usage' with the -eku option and I've tried the -san option but makecert doesn't like it. This is a self-signed…
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How to bypass certificate errors using Microsoft-EDGE

When attempting to access the local git server page Microsoft Edge displays a certificate error because the git server is using a self-signed certificate. I would like to enable access to this specific web host and bypass the error message. This…
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Can I install self-signed drivers on 64-bit Windows without test mode if the self-signed CA root certificate is imported to the machine store?

Here is a great SO answer which covers the creation of self-signed CA and then signing executables with the obtained certificates: How do I create a self-signed certificate for code signing on Windows?. I have read a lot of discussions online on how…
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import self signed certificate in redhat

How can I import a self-signed certificate in Red-Hat Linux. I'm not an expert with respect to certificates and find it difficult to find the right answer through googling, since I don't know the difference between a .cer, .crt or a .pem. Having…
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Java: Overriding function to disable SSL certificate check

The web service is rest over SSL and it has self signed certificate, hosted in remote system.I have already created a client accessing that web service. This is done by adding the certificate to the key store programatically. Now I heard that, it…
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Trouble getting https to work with self signed certificate on aws elastic load balancer

I am having issue configuring https on my aws elastic load balancer using a self-signed certificate. After I've done with the set up, making connection to https endpoint does not work. http connection is still fine. Here's what I did. Generate…
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Invoke-RestMethod - Ignore Self Signed Certs

It seems like this question has been asked and answered, but so far every solution I come across does not help. I'm writing a PowerShell script to run some REST API's to get usage information. My script breaks immediately just trying to communicate…
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Is it possible to force the WCF test client to accept a self-signed certificate?

I have a WCF web service running in IIS 7 using a self-signed certificate (it's a proof of concept to make sure this is the route I want to go). It's required to use SSL. Is it possible to use the WCF Test Client to debug this service without…
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How to export private key from a keystore of self-signed certificate

I just created a self-signed certificate on a linux box running tomcat 6. I created the keys like this, valid for 10 years: keytool -genkey -alias tomcatorange -keyalg RSA -validity 3650 and copied the keystore into a folder in tomcat, and updated…
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Why won't curl recognise a self-signed SSL certificate?

I copied the PEM file into /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ and ran update-ca-certificates, and I verified that the resulting certificate is now included in /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt which is the file printed by curl-config --ca. I also…
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How do I trust a self signed certificate from an electron app?

I have an electron app that syncs with a server I own at a https://XXX.XX.XX.XXX:port that has a self signed certificate. How can I trust that certificate from my electron app? Right now I get: Failed to load resource: net::ERR_INSECURE_RESPONSE
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Self-signed certificate: DNSName components must begin with a letter

Is there a way for java's keytool to generate self-signed certificate with a wildcard in SAN (Subject Alternative Name)? I'm using this command to generate keystore: keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -storetype JKS -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -ext…
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