Distributing the Files to the VPN Partners
Again, in your keys
directory you will find three new files VPN-client.csr
, VPN-client.key
, and VPN-client.crt
, two of which need to be transferred to the VPN partner. Do you know which ones, already? The following table gives an overview of the files we have created up to now and the ones that have to be transferred to our client.
File |
Location and purpose |
|
Signed certificate of the |
|
Private RSA key of the |
|
Certificate signing request of |
|
Signed certificate of the |
|
Private RSA key of the |
|
Certificate Signing request of |
|
CA certificate, must be available on both machines |
|
The key to the CA, must be kept only on CA; must be kept very secret |
|