From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Divan Santana Subject: Re: root certificate Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:04:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87wov4o5cu.fsf@santanas.co.za> References: <87y3flo3rc.fsf@santanas.co.za> <878t7ls1hw.fsf@fastmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41555) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fSdq5-0002Aw-DS for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:35:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fSdq2-0003nD-8B for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:35:37 -0400 Received: from outmail148100.authsmtp.co.uk ([62.13.148.100]:51320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fSdq1-0003lZ-Tp for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:35:34 -0400 In-reply-to: <878t7ls1hw.fsf@fastmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Joshua Branson Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Joshua Branson writes: > Divan Santana writes: > >> Hi Guix :) >> >> How does one import a root certificate for GuixSD? > > This probably isn't helpful, but what is a root certificate? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_certificate In cryptography and computer security, a root certificate is a public key certificate that identifies a root certificate authority (CA).[1] Root certificates are self-signed and form the basis of an X.509-based public key infrastructure (PKI). So in my case, I have a root CA certificate for our organisition and many internal sites have a certificate issued from this CA. >> I didn't see it in the manual. >> >> (Hopefully I didn't miss it. I need to read up on using info within Emacs >> better.) >> -- >> Divan -- Divan