I was recently required to implement SSL on a Apache web server to which I currently held a SSL certificate for the namespace which was generated using IIS. So rather than purchasing an additional certificate, I was able to convert the original SSL certificate from IIS into a the format required for Apache using OpenSSL, … More Exporting SSL certificate from IIS to Apache
I was recently looking to retrieve information in regards to TLS\SSL compression for a number of websites to address the BREACH vulnerability and found this useful utility at http://www.bolet.org/TestSSLServer/. TestSSLServer is a command line utility which contacts a TLS\SSL server and returns the following information: Supported versions (among SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 … More Retrieving TLS\SSL server information
I am currently using Puppet to automate infrastructure within a cloud offering, Amazon Web Services (AWS) for those interested!. As part of deployment of new instances, I require the client certificate to be automatically signed by the Puppet master server to immediately begin the configuration. This can be achieved by allowing the master server to … More Auto-signing client certificates on Puppet Master Server
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