---
name: "nessus-mkcert-client"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nessusd"
version: "2.2.10-3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nessus-mkcert-client"
---

# nessus-mkcert-client(1)

Creates a client certificate

## NAME

nessus-mkcert-client - Creates a client certificate

## SYNOPSIS

**nessus-mkcert-client**

## DESCRIPTION

The  **Nessus Security Scanner** protects the communication between the client and the server by using SSL. SSL requires the server to present a certificate to the client, and the client can optionally present a certificate to the server.

This script **nessus-mkcert-client** generates a client certificate.

## SEE ALSO

[**nessus**(1)](/nessus/1.md), [**nessus-mkcert**(8)](/nessus-mkcert/8.md), **[openssl(1)](/openssl/1.md)**

## MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NESSUS PROJECT

The canonical places where you will find more information  about the Nessus project are:

http://www.nessus.org/ ⟨⟩ (Official site)\
 http://cvs.nessus.org/ ⟨⟩ (Developers site)

## AUTHOR

**nessus-mkcert-client** was written by Michel Arboi \<arboi@bigfoot.com\> based on **nessus-mkcert**