Introduction

SSL/TLS Certificates are used to secure the HTTP connection between JS7 products.

Users have a choice to use CA-signed certificates Certificates and self-signed certificatesCertificates:

• CA-signed certificates Certificates are issued by a known and trusted Certificate Authority (CA) that validates the domain owner.
• Self-signed certificates Certificates are created by the user and are not related to a known CA.

There is no difference concerning the type of X.509 certificates, the usage for Server Authentication / Client Authentication, or the encryption security of connections.

The article explains how to create self-signed certificates Certificates by use of OpenSSL. This The utility ships with Linux and most Unix environments and is available for Windows environments. The below examples are focused on Unix.

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