Abstract
SSL is hard, so soften it when you can.
Easy RSA#
The author recently discovered the very handy tool EasyRSA which, as the name implies, aims to make managing RSA easy. It succeeds mostly in this goal, though with the bar set at “easier than OpenSSL,” this isn’t saying all that much.
That said, the EasyRSA manual isn’t quite as complete as a novice user would hope and leaves out a meaningful description of the process through which one might set up an Intermediate CA. It’s not immediately obvious, or at least wasn’t to the author, so the discovery of Build a Root and Intermediate Certificate Authority with EasyRSA by Dinh Phu Nguyen was a day brightener for the author.
If you happen to find yourself with a desire to use an Intermediate CA and EasyRSA at the same time, save yourself a lot of trouble and read the excellent guide linked above.
Thank you for your attention in this matter.