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Date:      Sat, 12 Jul 2003 22:33:16 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SSL certificates and IE
Message-ID:  <87u19rje2r.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030713030742.M58442@enabled.com> (admin2@enabled.com's message of "Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:10:37 -0800")
References:  <20030713030742.M58442@enabled.com>

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At 2003-07-13T03:10:37Z, "admin" <admin2@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.
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser

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