---
name: "openvasclient-mkcert"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "openvas-client"
version: "2.0.5-1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/openvasclient-mkcert"
---

# openvasclient-mkcert(1)

Creates a client certificate

## NAME

nessusclient-mkcert - Creates a client certificate

## SYNOPSIS

**nessusclient-mkcert**

## 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 **nessusclient-mkcert** 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

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