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 3 Setting up a CA
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 Do not let this chapter scare you off, it's just to give you an idea how
 to complicated setting up a CA can be. If you are just playing around,
 skip all this and go to the next chapter,  Creating a CA
 certificate.
 
 Creating a CA certificate should be more the just creating a
 certificate, there is the policy of the CA. If it's just you and your
 friend that is playing around then it probably doesn't matter what the
 policy is. But then it comes to trust in an organisation, it will
 probably matter more whom your users and sysadmins will find it
 acceptable to trust.
 
 At the same time, try to keep thing simple, it's not very hard to run a
 Certificate authority and the process to get new certificates should
 simple.
 
 Fill all this in later.
 
 How do you trust your CA.
 
 What is the CA responsibility.
 
 Review of CA activity.
 
 How much process should it be to issue certificate.
 
 Who is allowed to issue certificates.
 
 Who is allowed to requests certificates.
 
 How to handle certificate revocation, issuing CRLs and maintain OCSP
 services.
 
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