43.0 Managing X.509 Certification
An increasing number of authentication mechanisms are based on
cryptographic procedures. Digital certificates that assign
cryptographic keys to their owners play an important role in this
context. These certificates are used for communication and
can also be found, for example, on company ID cards. The generation
and administration of certificates is mostly handled by
official institutions that offer this as a commercial
service. In some cases, however, it may make sense to carry out
these tasks yourself, for example, if a company does not wish to
pass personal data to third parties.
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server offers two YaST modules for certification, which offer
basic management functions for digital X.509 certificates. The
following sections explain the basics of digital
certification and how to use YaST to create and administer
certificates of this type. For more detailed information, refer to
https://www.ietf.org/html.charters/pkix-charter.html.