[Bug 199379] [PATCH] Update SSL key generation to today's standards.

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            Bug ID: 199379
           Summary: [PATCH] Update SSL key generation to today's
                    standards.
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Keywords: patch
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: roland at micite.net
          Keywords: patch

Created attachment 155478
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=155478&action=edit
Patch for openssl chapter in handbook.

The current SSL key generation chapter contains a few inaccuracies and 
the generated keys are not up to date with today's standards.

This patch shows how to generate secure keys and includes a good place for more
information, namely the openssl cookbook.

Mainly: 

- Use RSA for key generation, instead of DSA. 
- Fix documentation that lied about generation an RSA key while it actually was
DSA. 
- Use SHA256 for signatures instead of older SHA1:
http://blog.chromium.org/2014/09/gradually-sunsetting-sha-1.html
- Use recommended 2048 bits instead of 1024.

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