Bug#283573: Data input for certificate?

[Marc Haber]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 12:51:02PM +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> > What Debian desperately needs is a scheme to easily automatically
> > generate self-signed certificates without pestering the user with a
> > truckload of debconf questions.
> 
> I think the only required value for the certificate is the common name
> used for SMTP.
> Is this value available already or does an extra debconf question need
> to be asked for it?

I am not going to invent any wheels for that. Debian needs to solve
this on a distribution wide basis, and I am not going to be the one
who develops that solution.

Greetings
Marc

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