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		kelnos on Oct 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FFS SSL Not true at all. StartSSL can generate the private key for a SSL/TLS cert on the server, but you can skip that step and upload your locally-generated CSR.

iancarroll on Oct 18, 2014 [–]

Yeah, but when you choose to generate it with them that is how it is done.

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