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#1 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 09:06 AM

Our old server, a RedHat ES2 with Apache 1.3.27 was compromised and
we're migrating to a new box with RH ES4 and Apache 2.0.52.

It's a safe assumption that I can't just copy over the ssl.crt/ and
ssl.key/ files from one to the other machine, right?
(Actually, I tried it already. And yeah, it gives the same default info
when you view the cert threw the browser.)

I have an O'Reilly book on Apache that explains how to create a new
cert setup, but I was wondering if there's any way to nice and easily
transfer the key from one server to the other?

If there's a RTFM directive on transfering, please let me know what FM
I need to read and I will gladly do so! =)

Thanks for any feedback
Liam

#2 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 09:06 AM

<news@celticbear.com> wrote in message
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> Our old server, a RedHat ES2 with Apache 1.3.27 was compromised and
> we're migrating to a new box with RH ES4 and Apache 2.0.52.
>
> It's a safe assumption that I can't just copy over the ssl.crt/ and
> ssl.key/ files from one to the other machine, right?
> (Actually, I tried it already. And yeah, it gives the same default info
> when you view the cert threw the browser.)

If the box was compromised, you should throw them out. If you really feel
the need to use the old ones, you can use them on the new box as long as
they're on the same hostname. May I suggest reading the manpages for the
openssl software, and the documentation on www.openssl.org?

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