Recreate ca.crt file

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glb_ussr
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Recreate ca.crt file

Post by glb_ussr » Thu May 05, 2016 2:53 am

Hello.
My ca.crt file is compromised, how i can to create new ca.crt file if i have ca.key file ?

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Re: Recreate ca.crt file

Post by Traffic » Thu May 05, 2016 11:25 am

glb_ussr wrote:My ca.crt file is compromised
ca.crt is a public file .. how is it compromised ?

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Re: Recreate ca.crt file

Post by ecrist » Thu May 05, 2016 7:40 pm

If you need to recreate the ca.crt file, you'll need to regenerate all of the certificates that were signed by that CA. As Traffic stated, the certificate is free to distribute - it's the ca.key that you need to keep secret.
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Re: Recreate ca.crt file

Post by glb_ussr » Thu May 12, 2016 4:22 pm

Traffic wrote:
glb_ussr wrote:My ca.crt file is compromised
ca.crt is a public file .. how is it compromised ?
It is right ... i am a stupid :oops: :oops: :oops:
I just need create new server.key and crt files.

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