Introduction to OpenSSL, part 1 -- Generating root CA certificate

Dr. Rahul Remanan

CEO, Moad Computer

In this article, the OpenSSL library in linux is used to create a root certificate authority (CA) certificate for a self-signed certificate generation workflow.

Please note that the passwords and the method to pass them to OpenSSL used here are for educational purposes alone. They are very weak and are visible using tools such as ```ps```.

In production, it is very critical to set strong passwords as well as modify the technique used for passing them accordingly.

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