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| From | Wayne Sallee <Wayne@WayneSallee.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch |
| Date | 2018-09-05 13:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <wuDHr-6og-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <wutoK-ig-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <wutyp-AG-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <wuu1r-Jy-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <wuCV4-693-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <wuDxL-6l6-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On 09/05/2018 06:30 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:29:02AM -0000, Dan Purgert wrote: >>> Dan Ritter wrote: >>>> On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 07:42:58PM -0400, Wayne Sallee wrote: >>>>> Has anyone set up OpenVPN with ssh-keygen -t rsa ? >>>>> >>>> Technically, you can do that. >>> ssh-keygen generates ssh keys, not x.509 certificates ... >> An x.509 cert contains an RSA key signed by a CA. openssl can do >> the signing, at which point you've half-reimplemented easy-rsa. >> >> -dsr- > Sure - but it just seems silly to use ssh-keygen, then openssl to > convert it to the right format when openssl (or the easy-rsa wrapper > thereto) can do all the work for you in one go. > > Ok, then it would be better to use openssl instead of ssh-keygen? I'm looking at putting OpenVPN on an established server, and wondering if it is really nessesary to install easy-rsa when I already have established ways of generating ssh keys. Wayne Sallee Wayne@WayneSallee.com http://www.WayneSallee.com
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OpenVPN & Debian Stretch "Josh W." <joshw8104@gmail.com> - 2018-09-05 01:10 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-05 01:30 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-05 01:50 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Wayne Sallee <Wayne@WayneSallee.com> - 2018-09-05 02:00 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-05 02:10 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-05 02:40 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-05 12:10 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-05 12:50 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Wayne Sallee <Wayne@WayneSallee.com> - 2018-09-05 13:00 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-05 15:00 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Wayne Sallee <Wayne@WayneSallee.com> - 2018-09-06 01:10 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Wayne Sallee <Wayne@WayneSallee.com> - 2018-09-06 17:40 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch Wayne Sallee <Wayne@WayneSallee.com> - 2018-09-05 13:00 +0200
Re: OpenVPN & Debian Stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-05 20:00 +0200
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