Starting apache at boot with SSL.

Gary Dunn knowtree at aloha.com
Mon Oct 4 00:57:23 PDT 2004


On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 21:14, Remko Lodder wrote:
> 
> > I chose to protect my SSL cert with a passphrase. This makes automatic
> > startup at boot impossible. I use FBSD 4.10, and apache would normally
> > start via a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.conf. I just made sure there
> > was
> 
> ehm this is not totally true, you can startup automatically by
> havnig a little script that does the following
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> echo '<passphrase>'

Not secure. My passphrase is not stored in cleartext anywhere except on
a piece of paper in a locked vault. That may be overkill for some
situations, but not mine.





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