thnx prashanth, ur reply, actually cleared quite a bit of my confusion.
thanx again. related to same how do we go about generating and using this 3rd party certificates. Ratnakar Koli --- Prashanth Ninan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I checked gmail today and i found that it > > automatically redirects me from http to https, and > > that too without even asking for the certificate. > > > > can some pls guide me to some proper documentation > on > > this? > > > > If you do a series of wget requests on this, you > will see what is happening. > > 1> If you wget http://www.gmail.com/, you will see > that it does a > redirect (302) to http://mail.google.com/mail/ > 2> A wget against http://mail.google.com/mail/ > results in a 302 to > Location: > https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3Dhtml%2 > which uses a valid certificate generated by a > trusted CA. Therefore it > is not necessary for your browser to request your > separate validation. > > This is how the http changes to a https (thanks to > the redirects) and > the certificate is not asked for (thanks to the CA > being trusted). > > HTH, > Prashanth > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without > the Cost and Risk! > Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red > Hat certifications in > the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to > learn more > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid7521&bid$8729&dat1642 > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
