SSL certificates and IE

admin admin2 at enabled.com
Sat Jul 12 20:51:29 PDT 2003


On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 22:33:16 -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote
> 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.


are there any free trusted authorities?

- Noah



> -- 
> Kirk Strauser




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