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Using SSL (https) with Mono HTTPListener

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Thursday, February 04, 2010

These steps took me a little while to figure out and didn't seem to be all in one place.

Using you GoDaddy or other signed certificate you can get mono httplistener working with ssl.

Create the signing request:

Create a key file:

#openssl genrsa -des3 -out yourdomain.pem 2048

Optionally remove the password:

#openssl rsa -in yourdomain.pem -out yourdomain.pem.nopass

Create the certificate signing request. Your certificate provider should have some instructions on what goes in each fields, but generally the domain name you want to secure goes in the Common Name field:

#openssl req -new -key yourdomain.pem.nopass -out yourdomain.csr

Once you have the cert file. For example yourdomain.crt you must register the crt using the Mono utility httpcfg. But first, you must convert your key file to the Microsoft Format .pvk or you will get this error: "error loading certificate or private key [Invalid data and/or password]"

pvktool can be downloaded to convert it. You can find that here: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk/pvk.html

Once you have it (either on Windows or Linux) run:

pvk -in yourdomain.pem.nopass -topvk -nocrypt -out yourdomain.pvk

Now register your signed certificate with httpcfg:

#httpcfg -add -port 443 -pvk yourdomain.pvk -cert yourdomain.crt

To see the current registrations:

#httpcfg -list

If your listener is listening on port 443 you should now see your certificate on https.

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Joshua Perina - Tuesday, April 20, 2010 7:27 PM

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