SSL certificates and IE

[Kirk Strauser]

At 2003-07-13T03:10:37Z, "admin" <admin2 at enabled.com> writes:

> I am now servering a certificate to web connections.  Internet Explorer
> complains of the certificate not being issued by a trusted company.
>
> I am the CA for the certificate.  What are ways I can modify the
> certificate so IE does not complain about this anymore?

In a nutshell, you *aren't* a trusted company.  That is, Microsoft doesn't
have a trust relationship with you.  The only way to get IE (or Mozilla, or
Konqueror) to not complain about the CA when a person first visits your site
is to get it signed by a trusted authority.
-- 
Kirk Strauser
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