Self Signed Certificate

Domain

Provide the fully-qualified-domain name that you wish to secure. to generate a wildcard self signed certificate, add an asterisk to the domain name. Example: *.example.com.

Company

Provide the legall personal or organization name. If your organization name includes symbols other than a period or comma, check with your certificate authority to confirm that they are acceptable. Example: Google Inc

Organization Division (Optional)

Provide the name of the division or group within the above organization. If the division includes symbols other than a period or comma, check with your certificate authority to confirm that they are acceptable. Example: Support

Email (Optional)

Email address where you can be contacted.

City

Provide the complete name for the city or locality where you or your organization is legally located. Do not use abbreviations. Example: Los Angeles

State

Provide the complete name for the state or province where you or your organization is legally located. Do not use abbreviations. Example: California

Country

Provide the name for the country where you or your organization is legally located. Example: USA

Key Length

2048 bits is the industry standard. Only choose 4096 bits if you have specific requirements. The key bit length has to do with the initial key exchange, not the encryption strength of your certificate.

Signature Algorithm

SHA-2/SHA-256 is the strongest signature algorithm adopted by the industry to sign and generate self signed certificate.

What is a self signed certificate?

A self signed certificate is an identity certificate that is signed by the same entity whose identity it certifies. This term has nothing to do with the identity of the person or organization that actually performed the signing procedure.

When to Use a self signed certificate?

A certificate serves two essential purposes, distributing the public key and verifying the identity of the server so visitors know they aren't sending their information to the wrong person. It can only properly verify the identity of the server when it is signed by a trusted third party because any attacker can create a self signed certificate and launch a man-in-the-middle attack.

What's the risk of using self signed certificate?

Many organizations are tempted to use self signed certificates instead of those issued and verified by a trusted Certificate Authority mainly because of the price difference. While self signed certificates also encrypt customers sensitive information, they prompt most web servers to display a security alert because the certificate was not verified by a trusted Certificate Authority. Often the alerts advise the visitor to abort browsing the page for security reasons.

Self Signed Certificate

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