mkimapdcert(8) [debian man page]

MKIMAPDCERT(8)						      Double Precision, Inc.						    MKIMAPDCERT(8)

NAME

       mkimapdcert - create a test SSL certificate for IMAP over SSL

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/mkimapdcert

DESCRIPTION

       IMAP over SSL requires a valid, signed, X.509 certificate. The default location for the certificate file is /usr/lib/courier/imapd.pem.
       mkimapdcert generates a self-signed X.509 certificate, mainly for testing. For production use the X.509 certificate must be signed by a
       recognized certificate authority, in order for mail clients to accept the certificate.

       /usr/lib/courier/imapd.pem must be owned by the daemon user and have no group or world permissions. The mkimapdcert command will enforce
       this. To prevent an unfortunate accident, mkimapdcert will not work if /usr/lib/courier/imapd.pem already exists.

       mkimapdcert requires OpenSSL to be installed.

FILES

       /usr/lib/courier/imapd.pem
	   X.509 certificate.

       /etc/courier/imapd.cnf
	   Parameters used by OpenSSL to create the X.509 certificate.

SEE ALSO

       courier(8)[1]

AUTHOR

       Sam Varshavchik
	   Author

NOTES

	1. courier(8)
	   [set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/courier.html

Courier Mail Server						    04/04/2011							    MKIMAPDCERT(8)

x509(3) 							      OpenSSL								   x509(3)

NAME

       x509 - X.509 certificate handling

SYNOPSIS

	#include <openssl/x509.h>

DESCRIPTION

       A X.509 certificate is a structured grouping of information about an individual, a device, or anything one can imagine.	A X.509 CRL
       (certificate revocation list) is a tool to help determine if a certificate is still valid.  The exact definition of those can be found in
       the X.509 document from ITU-T, or in RFC3280 from PKIX.	In OpenSSL, the type X509 is used to express such a certificate, and the type
       X509_CRL is used to express a CRL.

       A related structure is a certificate request, defined in PKCS#10 from RSA Security, Inc, also reflected in RFC2896.  In OpenSSL, the type
       X509_REQ is used to express such a certificate request.

       To handle some complex parts of a certificate, there are the types X509_NAME (to express a certificate name), X509_ATTRIBUTE (to express a
       certificate attributes), X509_EXTENSION (to express a certificate extension) and a few more.

       Finally, there's the supertype X509_INFO, which can contain a CRL, a certificate and a corresponding private key.

       X509_..., d2i_X509_... and i2d_X509_... handle X.509 certificates, with some exceptions, shown below.

       X509_CRL_..., d2i_X509_CRL_... and i2d_X509_CRL_...  handle X.509 CRLs.

       X509_REQ_..., d2i_X509_REQ_... and i2d_X509_REQ_...  handle PKCS#10 certificate requests.

       X509_NAME_... handle certificate names.

       X509_ATTRIBUTE_... handle certificate attributes.

       X509_EXTENSION_... handle certificate extensions.

SEE ALSO

       X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object(3), X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3), X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID(3), X509_NAME_print_ex(3), X509_NAME_new(3),
       d2i_X509(3), d2i_X509_ALGOR(3), d2i_X509_CRL(3), d2i_X509_NAME(3), d2i_X509_REQ(3), d2i_X509_SIG(3), crypto(3), x509v3(3)

1.0.0								    2003-07-10								   x509(3)