to generate a trusted root certificate, an intermediate certificate, and a server certificate.
We use `certificateAuthority(int)` to create certificates that can sign other certificates. The
int specifies how many intermediate certificates are allowed beneath it in the chain.

```java
HeldCertificate rootCertificate = new HeldCertificate.Builder()
    .certificateAuthority(1)
    .build();

 * `api.publicobject.com` are valid if either A's or B's certificate is in the chain.
 *
 * ## Warning: Certificate Pinning is Dangerous!
 *
 * Pinning certificates limits your server team's abilities to update their TLS certificates. By
 * pinning certificates, you take on additional operational complexity and limit your ability to
 * migrate between certificate authorities. Do not use certificate pinning without the blessing of

1. [Install MinIO Server](#install-minio-server)
2. [Use an Existing Key and Certificate with MinIO](#use-an-existing-key-and-certificate-with-minio)
3. [Generate and use Self-signed Keys and Certificates with MinIO](#generate-use-self-signed-keys-certificates)
4. [Install Certificates from Third-party CAs](#install-certificates-from-third-party-cas)

     * certificate can sign other certificates (but those certificates cannot themselves sign
     * certificates). Set this to 1 so this certificate can sign intermediate certificates that can
     * themselves sign certificates. Add one for each additional layer of intermediates to permit.
     */
    fun certificateAuthority(maxIntermediateCas: Int) =
      apply {

For testing purposes, here is [how to create self-signed certificates](https://github.com/minio/minio/tree/master/docs/tls#3-generate-self-signed-certificates).

## 2. Create Kubernetes secret

Before Let's Encrypt, these **HTTPS certificates** were sold by trusted third parties.

The process to acquire one of these certificates used to be cumbersome, require quite some paperwork and the certificates were quite expensive.

But then **[Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/)** was created.

on-300-000-iranians-using-fake-google-certificate.html). It also assumes your HTTPS servers’ certificates are signed by a certificate authority.

Use [CertificatePinner](https://square.github.io/okhttp/5.x/okhttp/okhttp3/-certificate-pinner/) to restrict which certificates and certificate authorities are trusted. Certificate pinning increases security, but limits your server team’s abilities to update their TLS certificates. **Do not use certificate pinning without the blessing of your server’s...

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### Installing certificates from third party CAs

@file:Suppress("DEPRECATION")

package okhttp3

import java.security.Principal
import java.security.cert.Certificate
import javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSessionContext
import javax.security.cert.X509Certificate

class FakeSSLSession(
  vararg val certificates: Certificate,
) : SSLSession {
  override fun getApplicationBufferSize(): Int = throw UnsupportedOperationException()

credentials via the STS API. It can authenticate via a client certificate and obtain a access/secret key pair as well as a session token. These credentials are associated to an S3 policy at the MinIO server.

In case of certificate-based authentication, MinIO has to map the client-provided certificate to an S3 policy. MinIO does this via the subject common name field of the X.509 certificate. So, MinIO will associate a certificate with a subject `CN = foobar` to a S3 policy named `foobar`....