When I run this command in OpenSSL, it also creates a file called `serial_number.pem`

Note that 00 in 00.pem is the serial number of the certificate.
When I run this command, it also creates a file called 00.pem in the new certs directory.
The 00.pem has the same content as enduser-example.com.crt.
Here is the command:
open… Continue reading When I run this command in OpenSSL, it also creates a file called `serial_number.pem`

Can my Root, Intermediate and SAN certificates have the same serial number?

Can my Root, Intermediate and SAN certificates have the same serial number?
The serial number is 00.
If the Root, Intermediate and SAN should not have same serial numbers, then should I use the random serial number which gets generated whe… Continue reading Can my Root, Intermediate and SAN certificates have the same serial number?

I am unable to use an RSA key generated with the -aes-256-gcm option in openssl, help

When I run:
openssl genrsa -aes-256-gcm -out rootca.key 4096

Then I get the following output:
$ openssl genrsa -aes-256-gcm -out rootca.key 4096
Generating RSA private key, 8192 bit long modulus (2 primes)
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What if someone made Google SafeBrowsing flag a website by hosting a malicious site locally?

I have seen many posts here about /etc/hosts, but I don’t see them addressing this issue. The issue is:

If a person adds 127.0.0.1 mywebsite.com to their /etc/hosts file and 127.0.0.1 has dangerous social engineering and other malicious c… Continue reading What if someone made Google SafeBrowsing flag a website by hosting a malicious site locally?