Nginx

ECC Certificates and mTLS with Nginx

October 29, 2017

Internet, Networking, Security

Nginx, PKI, OpenSSL, Depricated

If you want to be truly paranoid about authentication to services, you can implement your own Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Many large organizations that are privacy focused have developed a digital/physical PKI strategy, for example the DoD’s Common Access Card. OpenSSL is a software that can be used to setup a “simple” PKI, however it’s command complexity is easy to get lost within. In this guide we’ll set up a “simple” PKI that we’ll use to authenticate users with, while still using the legitimately issued Let’s Encrypt Domain Validation certificates. ...

Modern TLS with Nginx and LetsEncrypt

May 19, 2017

Internet, Security

Nginx, Letsencrypt, Depricated

With all of the nasties we are seeing about snarfing up data, there has been a concerted effort for people to get encryption in place. For the web, it has never been easier to get these things sorted because there have been significant efforts recently to reduce the barrier. Firstly the letsencrypt project broke up the cabal of certificate authorities by providing a recognized authority that could issue certificates to verified domain operators without a transaction cost. ...