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Understanding Manually Generated Self-Signed Certificates

A self-signed certificate that you manually generate allows for use of SSL-based (Secure Sockets Layer) services without requiring that you obtain an identity certificate signed by a CA. A manually generated self-signed certificate is one example of a PKI local certificate. As is true of all PKI local certificates, manually generated self-signed certificates are stored in the file system.

Before You Begin
For background information, read: Understanding Self-Signed Certificates Understanding Certificates Understanding Public Key Cryptography

Before You Begin

For background information, read:

Understanding Self-Signed Certificates
Understanding Certificates
Understanding Public Key Cryptography

You generate this kind of named local certificate using the command-line interface (CLI).

Understanding Manually Generated Self-Signed Certificates

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