[Sussex] SSL

Dominic dominic.clay at btinternet.com
Tue Jan 7 22:49:08 UTC 2003


Thanks for the info, I will have a look at OpenSSL.asap

Cheers,
Dominic


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Turner" <pkturner at f2s.com>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Cc: <dominic.clay at europrospectus.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] SSL


> Dominic,
>
> I did this a while back on Redhat 6.2 and Apache.  It involved downloading
the source for Apache and OpenSSL and compiling them both.  If your lucky
there might be an rpm out there with SSL support already, but I couldn't
find one at the time.
>
> You do not have to purchase a certificate, you can create your own, but
then you are authenticating yourself which is fine for testing or internal
only access.
>
> There is some fairly good documentation in a book that I have at work.
"Linux Apache Web Server Administration" by Charle Aulds.  See here
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0782141374/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/026
-7439741-5084463 for more info.  I have a copy at work which I'll happily
lend you, but I'm off till next week so I can't get it before then.
>
> Hope this helps you.
>
> Paul.
>
> On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 14:48:21 -0000
> Dominic Clay <dominic.clay at europrospectus.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > With my attempt to introduce some form of web mail access here, there
> > becomes a requirement for SSL.
> >
> > I know nothing about SSL, apart from:
> >
> > 1.It is slow big stylee
> > and 2.I need to pay for a certificate...
> >
> > Anyone know a good internet resource for a informative (and clear!) read
on
> > the subject?
> > (Maybe SSL could be our next chat/seminar at the meet.... I vote for SSL
:)
> > )
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dominic
> >
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