Re: I have a question about Easy-RSA
Peter Davis via Openvpn-users <[email protected]>
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>On Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 at 2:40 PM, Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 09/01/2024 08:18, Peter Davis via Openvpn-users wrote: > > > Hi, > > So if I want to revoke the keys in the future and prevent clients from connecting to the server, then I need the Easy-RSA directory that I used to generate the keys at that time. is it true? > > > Correct. More specifically, you need the CA key in order to sign your > CRL (Certificate Revocation List). > > The CA is the trusted entity that is in charge of signing "documents" > that others need to accept. IF you delete it, you have no way of > creating new "documents". > > Cheers, > > > > -- > Antonio Quartulli Hi, In the Easy-RSA directory I have the following files and directories: easyrsa openssl-easyrsa.cnf pki ta.key vars x509-types Is it enough to keep the pki directory?