For that you do not want SSL. Checkout: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/howto/auth.html
For an introduction to SSL and Apache, you can check out a chapter I have online : http://apacheworld.org/ty24/site.chapter17.html Cheers Daniel On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 02:37:14PM -0500, Henning, Brian wrote: > Hello, > I am new to the ssl world. Right now I am running w2k with apache 1.3.23 web > server. I downloaded the mod_ssl package from the website. I changed the > port on my apache web server to 443. On a high level what do i need to do to > create a secure web server? I guess my real problem is i don't know what ssl > does for me. What i am looking for is something that can password protect > the files on my server. I want to let specific people to access my site and > that is it. They must have a password to use it. Is mod_ssl what i want or > should i be looking else where? > thanks for any input, > brian > ______________________________________________________________________ > Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
