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Using a Passphrase

A passphrase is used to protect elements of the certificate while it resides on the local file system. CAICCI requires access to your system passphrase to properly function. By default, CCISSF will provide SSL with the passphrase used to encrypt the default certificate.

To use a different passphrase, several options exist. First, the password_cb function can be provided in a shared library (see Programming a Customized SSL Environment). Additionally, you can use the ccisslcfg utility to provide the passphrase itself or the absolute path of a file that contains the desired passphrase.