I got it working. I no longer get the error about the certificate being setup for a different web site. I started from scratch and made sure I followed all the steps correctly. I am not sure what I had wrong, but I believe I was either pointing to a bad certificate; forgot to link Apache to a good certificate; or forgot to restart Apache.
Yes, I was referring to the contents of Common Name. I will try and be more specific in the future. As far as the free 3rd party signing my certificate, I understand your point. So, I'll have just have to have my users set up there web browser to trust the certificate I email to them. Thanks to all for your help. Much appreciated. David Schwartz wrote: > > >> I setup my certificate for 10.x.x.x and when I try and access the site, i >> use https://10.x.x.x and I get the error about the certificate being >> setup >> for a different web site. I've read up on this and the example >> they usually >> use is make sure you use www.foobar.com and not just foobar.com. I am >> assuming if I setup my certificate for <address> then https://<address> >> should work. Is this assumption correct? > > Yes. What precisely do you mean by "setup my certificate for"? Are you > talking about the contents of the CommonName field or SubjectAltName or > what? > >> As far as the 3rd party goes, I'll have to do some research. I >> am trying to >> use all open src tools and free stuff. Are they any CA's that >> are free and >> trusted by most web browser? > > I don't think it would be possible to be both free and obtain trust from > browsers like IE. I remember something called a "web of trust" that was > pretty close to free. Being trusted requires putting up cash (to > compensate for people who trust you and are harmed by your mistakes), and > putting up cash usually requires charging cash. > > DS > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problems-with-Website%27s-Security-Certificate-tf4878124.html#a14035090 Sent from the OpenSSL - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
