Initial Setup

First you have to create a new private key within an existing or new keystore using keytool:

keytool -genkeypair -keyalg rsa -keystore keystorename -storepass keystorepassword -alias my_new_key 

The preceding command uses java 1.6 syntax! If your are still using Java 1.5, substitute -genkeypair with -genkey.

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