Building a Custom Public Key Infrastructure with OpenSSL
PKI Architecture Fundamentals
A self-managed Public Key Infrastructure relies on a hierarchical trust model consisting of three primary tiers:
Root Certificate Authority: The anchor of trust. Its private key never leaves the secure hardware store and is used exclusively to sign intermediate certificates.
Intermediate Certificate Authority: A d ...
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