Generating a Certificate Authority (CA) Key and Certificate

$ openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca.key 1024
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
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e is 65537 (0x10001)
Enter pass phrase for ca.key:
Verifying - Enter pass phrase for ca.key:

$ openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key ca.key -out ca.crt
Enter pass phrase for ca.key:
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:GB
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:UK
Locality Name (eg, city) []:Maidenhead
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:SkyVault Software Ltd.
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:
Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:SkyVault CA
Email Address []: