You can get a free 30 day test SSL certificate from Verisign these days -
has no root from memory - we were /are currently using one of these in a
internal testing environment (so don't need cert server).
Myles.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nic Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 1:09 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: MIDAS and SSL
>
>
> > Thanx Nic
> >
> > I've read that, the stuff on the MIDAS web pages and the
> white papers. We
> > have the WebConnect stuff working internally on the Intranet with an
> > WebServer.
> >
> > What I really wanted to know was, has someone actually done
> it pointing to
> > a secure URL ?.
>
> I dunno - if I had cert. server and an NT server, I could try
> it, but I
> dont.
>
> > Is the data transfer encrypted ?
>
> yup, it better be, otherwise there is no point
> > What actually happens ?
>
> same as an HTTPS session - the client and server negotiate a
> key via public
> key exchange, and then talk crypted HTTP.
>
> > How do you manage Digital Certificates and logging on ?
>
> you dont - its handled by the serve and the client - you never see it,
> except the one time you get it up on your server.
>
> N
>
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