I would like to know what it is for -des -out, given that I am generating a private key for a certificate. All the command itself is openssl genrsa -des -out ubuntu.key
I would like to know what it is for -des -out, given that I am generating a private key for a certificate. All the command itself is openssl genrsa -des -out ubuntu.key
First of all, and just in case, I recommend you, every time you have a question about some command in Linux you can run on the command line man <comando> for example man openssl , Linux has a help system very well documented.
Regarding your question: basically this command generates a private key, in terms of the parameters:
-out : Set the name of the output file, in your example
ubuntu.key
-des : Sets the encryption of the private key with the algorithm DES in the cbc mode.