利用Linux OpenSSL进行证书吊销列表(CRL)的管理主要包括以下几个步骤:
首先,你需要一个CA来签发和管理证书。以下是创建CA的基本步骤:
# 创建CA目录结构
mkdir -p /etc/ssl/CA/newcerts
echo 1000 > /etc/ssl/CA/serial
touch /etc/ssl/CA/index.txt
chmod 640 /etc/ssl/CA/index.txt
# 创建CA配置文件
cat <<EOF > /etc/ssl/CA/openssl.cnf
[ ca ]
default_ca = CA_default
[ CA_default ]
dir = /etc/ssl/CA
certs = \$dir/certs
crl_dir = \$dir/crl
new_certs_dir = \$dir/newcerts
database = \$dir/index.txt
serial = \$dir/serial
RANDFILE = \$dir/private/.rand
private_key = \$dir/private/ca.key
certificate = \$dir/cacert.pem
crlnumber = \$dir/crlnumber
crl = \$dir/crl/crl.pem
crl_extensions = crl_ext
default_crl_days = 30
default_md = sha256
name_opt = ca_default
cert_opt = ca_default
default_days = 3650
preserve = no
policy = policy_strict
[ policy_strict ]
countryName = match
stateOrProvinceName = match
organizationName = match
organizationalUnitName = optional
commonName = supplied
emailAddress = optional
[ req ]
default_bits = 2048
distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name
string_mask = utf8only
[ req_distinguished_name ]
countryName = Country Name (2 letter code)
stateOrProvinceName = State or Province Name
localityName = Locality Name
0.organizationName = Organization Name
organizationalUnitName = Organizational Unit Name
commonName = Common Name
emailAddress = Email Address
[ v3_ca ]
subjectKeyIdentifier = hash
authorityKeyIdentifier = keyid:always,issuer
basicConstraints = critical, CA:true
keyUsage = critical, digitalSignature, cRLSign, keyCertSign
EOF
# 创建CA私钥
openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out /etc/ssl/CA/private/ca.key -aes256
# 创建CA证书
openssl req -config /etc/ssl/CA/openssl.cnf -key /etc/ssl/CA/private/ca.key -new -x509 -days 3650 -sha256 -extensions v3_ca -out /etc/ssl/CA/cacert.pem
当需要吊销某个证书时,可以创建一个新的CRL文件。
# 创建CRL文件
openssl ca -config /etc/ssl/CA/openssl.cnf -gencrl -out /etc/ssl/CA/crl/crl.pem
假设你已经有一个证书序列号(serial number),可以使用以下命令将其添加到CRL中:
# 添加吊销的证书到CRL
openssl ca -config /etc/ssl/CA/openssl.cnf -gencrl -out /etc/ssl/CA/crl/crl.pem -revoke /path/to/cert.pem
你可以使用以下命令来验证CRL文件的有效性:
# 验证CRL文件
openssl crl -in /etc/ssl/CA/crl/crl.pem -noout -text
将生成的CRL文件分发给所有需要验证证书撤销状态的客户端。客户端可以使用以下命令来检查证书是否被吊销:
# 检查证书是否被吊销
openssl verify -CAfile /etc/ssl/CA/cacert.pem -crl_check /etc/ssl/CA/crl/crl.pem /path/to/cert.pem
定期更新CRL文件以确保其包含最新的吊销信息。可以使用cron作业来自动化这个过程。
# 添加cron作业来定期更新CRL
crontab -e
添加以下行来每天凌晨1点更新CRL:
0 1 * * * /usr/bin/openssl ca -config /etc/ssl/CA/openssl.cnf -gencrl -out /etc/ssl/CA/crl/crl.pem
通过以上步骤,你可以有效地利用Linux OpenSSL进行证书吊销列表的管理。