From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Dec 17 17:37:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA04894 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 17:37:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.8.15.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA04889 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 17:37:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danny@panda.hilink.com.au) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA05483; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:36:53 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:36:53 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: Dan Jacobowitz cc: Jim , Archie Cobbs , isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for secure http protocols In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Dan Jacobowitz wrote: > But, in the US at least (Canada?) one must pay a license fee to RSA. Not > too steep, I think. > > Plus the cost of a certificate...how much does that run? Any ideas? Certificates can be obtained from Thawte.com for US$100. Verisign does not like apache, I've heard. However, the original poster never said that he needed signed certificates. Also, with ssl-eay, you get certificate authority tools which you can use to operate an in-house certificate authority, if you don't need to prove your identity outside the corporate walls. Danny