23 Feb
2023
23 Feb
'23
2:08 p.m.
There is no need for a private key to sign a certificate with a PKI.
73,
Ruben - ON3RVH
On 23 Feb 2023, at 20:02, Marius Petrescu via 44net <44net(a)mailman.ampr.org>
wrote:
Actually, providers generate public and the corresponding private certificates to their
users since it is the easiest way to sign a certificate with an intermediate authority
certificate and verify their authenticity on their servers.
This is much more complicated if the user would provide his self-generated public key
only.
Marius, YO2LOJ
On 23/02/2023 20:53, lleachii--- via 44net wrote:
It was noted that some users would find key generation, etc. to be quite
advanced/expert.
It's interesting that was noted.
A main reason I understood some commercial companies generate a private key for you - is
so that they can offer you a complete Wireguard configuration file for setup purposes.
They would be unable to do that via a public-key-only exchange/setup with the remote
peer.
73,
- Lynwood
KB3VWG
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