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David is a Cloud & DevOps Enthusiast. He has years of experience as a Linux engineer. He had working experience in AMD, EMC. He likes Linux, Python, bash, and more. He is a technical blogger and a Software Engineer. He enjoys sharing his learning and contributing to open-source.

A wildcard certificate is a specific form of the certificate used in TLS/SSL instances. It is a single certificate with a wildcard character (*) in the domain name field. This allows the certificate to secure multiple subdomain names (hosts) pertaining to the same base domain. For example, a wildcard certificate for *.(domainname).com, could be used …

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On a Linux 8 system with FIPS enabled, connecting to a Linux 6 system fails, ssh -v displays the following message ssh_dispatch_run_fatal: Connection to XXX port 22: invalid argument Solution The simplest solution is to delete file /etc/ssh/moduli on the Linux 6 system serving as sshd backend. The same workaround is applicable for other Linux …

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PFX files are digital certificates that contain both the SSL certificate (public keys) and private key. They’re essential for establishing secure connections between two devices. PFX files are usually issued by a certificate authority and contain information about the issuing CA, the certificate holder, and the certificate’s public and private keys. If you’re looking for …

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For SSL key values mismatch issue, it means the private key file does not match the certificate. There are two main reasons. key values mismatch in private key, CSR, and certificate file. certificate chain order is not correct Error message:Cannot load SSL private key file. Error: error: 0B080074:x509 certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch. What is SSL …

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