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[Philip Hallstrom]

No, mod_ssl allows you to have a secure (ie. https://) site.  Getting rid
of the popup message depends on the browser.

On mozilla and friends you can just check the box "don't bug me about this
for this site again".

On IE, you have to view the certificate, install it, then view it's path,
click on the root certificate (also created by you), and install that as
well.  Then they won't get the message.  Note that this doesn't work for
ie on the mac which will get the popup on *every* page (at least it always
did for us).

-philip

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Redmond Militante wrote:

> hi thanks for the replies
>
> so - mod_ssl gets rid of the annoying popup warnings?
> is verisign the best, or cheapest option as far as commercial server certificates?
>
>
>
> 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
> > >
> >
>