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===== What? =====
Creating a plain selfsigned cert, i.e. for use with a webserver. The client has by other means to verify authenticity, so i.e. fingerprint. 

Creating a selfsigned x509 cert with alternate names.

<code>
$ cat >ossl.cnf<<EOT
[req]
req_extensions = v3_req
distinguished_name      = req_distinguished_name

[ req_distinguished_name ]
countryName                     = Country Name (2 letter code)
countryName_default             = DE
countryName_min                 = 2
countryName_max                 = 2
stateOrProvinceName             = State or Province Name (full name)
stateOrProvinceName_default     = Thuringia
localityName                    = Locality Name (eg, city)
localityName_default            = Muehlhausen
0.organizationName              = Organization Name (eg, company)
0.organizationName_default      = Freespeach noorg
organizationalUnitName          = Organizational Unit Name (eg, section)
organizationalUnitName_default  = noou
commonName                      = Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name)
commonName_max                  = 64
emailAddress                    = Email Address
emailAddress_max                = 64

[ v3_req ]
basicConstraints = CA:FALSE
keyUsage = nonRepudiation, digitalSignature, keyEncipherment
subjectAltName = @alt_names

[alt_names]
DNS.1 = wiki.fluxcoil.net
DNS.2 = www.fluxcoil.net
DNS.3 = mail.fluxcoil.net
EOT

$ openssl genrsa -out fluxcoil.net_201507.key 4096
$ openssl req -new -out fluxcoil.net_201507.csr -nodes -sha256 \
    -key fluxcoil.net_201507.key -config ossl.cnf
$ openssl req -text -noout -in fluxcoil.net_201507.csr
$ openssl x509 -in fluxcoil.net_201507.csr \
    -out fluxcoil.net_201507.cert -req -signkey fluxcoil.net_201507.key \
    -days 3650 -extensions v3_req -extfile ossl.cnf
$ openssl x509 -in fluxcoil.net_201507.cert -noout -text
</code>
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