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Openssl: Setup an intermediate CA

Hi,

first ramp up your root CA as described in my previous post.
Steps to create a intermediate CA. Create the intermediate CA structure in filesystem
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Openssl: Create a root CA

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steps to create a CA. Create the CA structure in filesystem
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Mail: Connect TLS encrypted to a smtp server by telnet

Hi,

the SMTP protocol is ASCII based. In the past, the SMTP protocol goes unencrypted over the wire means you can simply send emails by connecting to the SMTP port 25 and enter some SMTP commands via telnet:

michael@debdev ~ # telnet smtp.yourdomain.org 25
EHLO test.example.com
MAIL FROM:info@yourdomain.org
RCPT TO:receiver@receiversdomain.org
DATA
Subject: Testmessage
<ENTER>
<ENTER>
This is a test message. End with <ENTER><ENTER> and point

.
QUIT

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Linux: Using a http proxy with programs that are not being proxy aware

Hi,

proxytunnel offers the ability to open bind a tcp port to localhost and tunnels all traffic through a http proxy to a specific target system.

OpenSSL: Check if a certificate belongs to a private key

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if you want to check if a certificate has it s origin in a specific private key respectively the signing request use the following openssl commands:
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