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[Manuel Rabade - MiG]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 04:10:00PM -0500, Redmond Militante wrote:
> hi thanks for the replies
> 
> so - mod_ssl gets rid of the annoying popup warnings?

No, mod_ssl sends your certificate over a sercure channel (https), the annoying popup
warnings are because your certificate is signed by yourself, and not a company like
verysing who is trusted by the web browsers (sorry, but web browsers dont trust you =P).

> is verisign the best, or cheapest option as far as commercial server certificates?
> 

I don't know ..

> 
> 
> In the gothic chambers of the underworld on Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 02:14:17PM -0700, Philip Hallstrom darkly muttered:
> > This is exactly what mod_ssl is for.  Follow the instructions in the
> > mod_ssl docs on how to create your own certificate (self-signed if you
> > don't want ot pay for one).
> > 
> > I do it (self-signed) for web-based email where I don't care if the users
> > get a popup about the certificate not being trusted (this is solvable if
> > you have them install all your certificates).
> > 
> > -philip
> > 
> > On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Redmond Militante wrote:
> > 
> > > hi
> > >
> > > possibly dumb question:
> > >
> > > i have a website that i'd like to serve over https:// instead of http://
> > > i'm using apache 1.3.27 freebsd 4.8
> > >
> > > can i use something like mod_ssl for this?  do i have to purchase a server certificate off a company like verisign?
> > >
> > > thanks for any advice you can give
> > >
> > > redmond
> > >
> > 


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