Re: SSL Server Certificate

[Travis Owens <openbook@linuxmds.com>]

Chet,

It depends on what you're wanting the cert for. If it's just for
personal use, or if you don't mind the annoying notification of an
"Untrusted Certifying Agency" then you don't need to pay a company for
the cert.

However, if you are using this in a commercial fashion, where the server
will have public access, then you'll want the "purchase" cert, because
that will not cause a warning to all the browsers that hit the secure
section of your site.

Remember, the cert is linked to a specific domain name, on a specific
server, with a specific request key. If any one of these are not exactly
perfect, the cert will barf when Apache tries to use it.

If you're doing this on your own, I'll see if I can find a good little
walk-through for you online. I know I've seen one somewhere before, but
it's been a while... :(

HTH,
Travis



On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 07:36, Chet Langin wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have compiled Apache with mod_ssl and I have
> used "make certificate" by I still do not have
> a server certificate.  I don't quite grasp the
> concept of what is going on.  Is this something
> I can do on my own, or am I going to have to
> pay a service (Veri Sign?) to get this to work?
> 
> 
> ,,Chet Langin,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
> <http://mypage.siu.edu/clangin> <clangin@siu.edu>
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> 
> 
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