Hi Mr. Waters, I got it all straightened out. I had just not converted to the right key/certificate format, etc.
Did, however, run into a bug where Apache won't support POST with client authentication. I've been advised to downgrade Apache. Dave. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of P Larkin Waters > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:11 AM > To: modssl-users@modssl.org > Subject: Re: Client Certificates (Help!) > > > did you use a real certificate? > if you used a test certificate did you install the test certificate > authority? > I'm sure you know that test certificates don't work with the CA's that > come preinstalled in most browsers. > > ____ > Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. > Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. > Programmers combine theory and practice: > Nothing works and they don't know why. > --Unknown > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David T. Ashley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <modssl-users@modssl.org> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:29 PM > Subject: Client Certificates (Help!) > > > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone have any good URLs or instructions about how to create > client > > certificates for browsers so that only browsers with the certificate > can > > connect to the server (or view certain directories on the server)? > > > > I tried one procedure I found on the web, and it ended up with Apache > > complaining about the keys and certificates it had. The best I could > do > > myself was a self-signed SSL certificate (which worked fine), but the > client > > certificates didn't work out. > > > > I'll try any procedures anyone supplies, and if that doesn't work I'll > post > > detailed information about what I tried and what went wrong. > > > > The site, by the way, is www.e-collab.com. The self-signed SSL > certificate > > for Apache worked fine. It was just the more advanced stuff that > eluded me. > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > Merry Christmas! > > > > Dave Ashley. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org > > User Support Mailing List modssl-users@modssl.org > > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org > User Support Mailing List modssl-users@modssl.org > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List modssl-users@modssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
