Linux Postfix Mail Server SSL Certificate Installations and Configuration | Linux Today

Linux Postfix Mail Server SSL Certificate Installations and Configuration

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 16, 2007

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“How do I generate a CSR certificate for CA, to use with my
postfix mail server? How do I install and configure postfix mail
server SSL certificate under Red Hat enterprise Linux 5 or CentOS 5
server?

“Procedure for creating a CSR on postfix MTA is just like web
server. You need to use OpenSSL which is a cryptography toolkit
implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport
Layer Security (TLS v1) network protocols and related cryptography
standards under Linux / UNIX. To configure postfix SSL SMTP you
need 3 files
(a) The private key generated using step #1
(b) Your .crt certificate file (it will be send by CA)
(c) CA certificate…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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