Using DoD Root Certificates with Git

Git clients perform certificate verification whenever you interact with a remote repository over TLS. Since the Department of Defense (DoD) certificates are not in most mainstream operating systems, the validation fails. The quick and insecure solution is to disable certificate verification globally. git config –global http.sslVerify false Or you can also use the -c option, … Read more

Replacing the Default Splunk Web SSL Certificate

This post  goes over how to sign a SplunkWeb Certificate Signing Request (CSR) using my Root CA in pfSense. I do not cover creating the Root CA. Step 1: Create the directory for the certificates splunk@siem:~$ mkdir /opt/splunk/etc/auth/certs Step 2: Generate the private key and temporary password splunk@siem:~$ cd /opt/splunk/etc/auth/certs splunk@siem:~$ splunk cmd openssl genrsa … Read more

Using OpenSSL and pfSense to sign a Subordinate Windows Enterprise Certificate Authority

Disclaimer: A Root CA trusted by Active Directory should not be trivialized. Make sure you know what you are doing when working with PKI. Take the time to study the technology before implementing it in production environments. There hasn’t been any extensive testing of this setup, so your mileage may vary. I have a pfSense Security Gateway … Read more