CA and PKI management using GnoMint

Original title: Gnomint tutorial
Original author: DaveFX

GnoMint Homepage: http://gnomint.sourceforge.net
Published on: http://gnomint.sourceforge.net/?q=node/20
License: Creative Commons By-SA
With permission from the author to reproduce and adapt on Gooze.eu website

Let's imagine you are the system administrator of a firm.
Your boss asked for a modern free software solution for backing up and connecting networks.

You hired two different servers for backing up all your data redundantly, in two different and distant datacenters. Your boss is asking you to setup a VPN, in order to easily access data remotely. That VPN is also going to be used for connecting together distant offices spread all over the country.

We are going to create the VPN using OpenVPN software, a reliable system which is based on SSL for tunneling data communication. We suppose that all your servers are running GNU/Linux.

In the tutorial, firstly, we will first cover how to manage the needed Public Key Infrastructure using gnoMint. Secondly will be using X.509 certificates for authenticating remote peers, so that the VPN can grow easily without too much trouble.