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List:       openvas-development
Subject:    Re: [Openvas-devel] Scanner: Last features for OpenVAS-7
From:       "Jan-Oliver Wagner" <Jan-Oliver.Wagner () greenbone ! net>
Date:       2014-01-08 10:26:07
Message-ID: 201401081126.08888.Jan-Oliver.Wagner () greenbone ! net
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On Montag, 6. Januar 2014, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
> what came to my mind are the shell scripts to create certificates.
> Re-writing them from scratch in a more readable and with easier
> handlung seems useful.

while doing so it makes very much sense to drop the CA part entirely.
Self-signed server certificates are sufficient and having test-CAs
only requires a lot of care from the users to not let them drop into
other hands.


> While doing so we could replace openssl by gnutls certtool.
> This would remove the last dependency to openssl and make
> the certificate create more readable.
> It'll be possible to support both though, if desired, and still
> have a unified way of running the scripts. Worth the effort?
> =

> Any strong opinion about openssl vs certtool?

Since we do not need to create any CA, it is really easy
to use certtool.
This would remove the package dependency to openssl...

Best

Jan

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