From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 14:19:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CD8037B401 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:19:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu (darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu [129.105.51.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 137C543F3F for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:19:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from possum@darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu) Received: from darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu (9be638d2c9178d90f71b27dcabfff725@localhost.medill.northwestern.edu [127.0.0.1])h3MLA1Q7068973 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:10:01 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from possum@darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu) Received: (from possum@localhost)h3MLA1LR068969 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:10:01 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:10:00 -0500 From: Redmond Militante To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030422211000.GF65674@darkpossum> References: <20030422205747.GD65674@darkpossum> <20030422141257.M20255@tigger.alkinetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FeAIMMcddNRN4P4/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030422141257.M20255@tigger.alkinetworks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Sender: redmond@darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu X-URL: http://darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1 X-DSS-PGP-Fingerprint: F9E7 AFEA 0209 B164 7F83 E727 5213 FAFA 1511 7836 X-High-Score-In-Unreal-Tournament: 7639 Subject: Re: https:// X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Redmond Militante List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:19:58 -0000 --FeAIMMcddNRN4P4/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 certif= icates? 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). >=20 > 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). >=20 > -philip >=20 > On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Redmond Militante wrote: >=20 > > 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 ser= ver certificate off a company like verisign? > > > > thanks for any advice you can give > > > > redmond > > >=20 --FeAIMMcddNRN4P4/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+pa+oFNjun16SvHYRAgrPAJ9Ua6WRyRrRQbPRxS0mKZgaQ7LPGwCfeI+r rAdmQ6T9rQgWIr5b0ZKLwO0= =jwBy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FeAIMMcddNRN4P4/--