A high-severity bug in OpenSSL was disclosed today, and it affects only organizations that installed an update released in June, and allows anyone with an untrusted TLS certificate to become a CA.

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The open-source OpenSSL cryptographic library project came ...

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I'm trying to generate a certificate (using the openssl command line tool) that can't actually DO anything - can't sign, can't encrypt. Is this possible? It seems like the purpose of the certificate ...

Hi,<P>I'm attempting to sign a certificate request using the CA.pl script included with OpenSSL.<P>Configuration:<P>-Slackware 8<BR>-OpenSSL 0.9.6b<P>When I attempt to issue the ./CA.pl -sign command ...

With the evolution of the internet, the solutions for better protection of websites increase -- and so does the creativity of cybercriminals. For several years now, organizations like Google have been ...