Re: [newbie] Moving to HTTPS
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 14:17, Stefano Pogliani wrote: What should I do to start using HTTPS **in addition to** HTTP on my site ? I installed SquirrelMail in order to access to my mails from everywhere. But would like to do it in a secure way. So, I installed mod_ssl. In Konqueror, when using HTTPS, it issues some alert but allows me to continue. In Mozilla, this does not happen (I am not able to access my site using HTTPS). I had a quick look at the certificate and it speaks about something for testing only. Could someone point me to some HowTo or complete description of the process I should follow ? Thanks a lot in advance. Best regards /stefano You'll find the instructions for creating your own server certificate at http://www.apache-ssl.org/#FAQ under Now I've got my server installed, how do I create a test certificate? I tried restarting apache with # apachectl graceful and then opening my browser but it didn't work and I had to reboot - then all was well. I'm sure there is something else to restart to avoid rebooting but I don't know what - hopefully someone else can tell us? HTH Cheers Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Moving to HTTPS
Thanks, Sharrea. It seems to work. Now I will have to try with a trusted certificate to see if I will avoid the warnings I get on my client browsers. Best regards /Stefano On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 10:33, Sharrea wrote: On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 14:17, Stefano Pogliani wrote: What should I do to start using HTTPS **in addition to** HTTP on my site ? I installed SquirrelMail in order to access to my mails from everywhere. But would like to do it in a secure way. So, I installed mod_ssl. In Konqueror, when using HTTPS, it issues some alert but allows me to continue. In Mozilla, this does not happen (I am not able to access my site using HTTPS). I had a quick look at the certificate and it speaks about something for testing only. Could someone point me to some HowTo or complete description of the process I should follow ? Thanks a lot in advance. Best regards /stefano You'll find the instructions for creating your own server certificate at http://www.apache-ssl.org/#FAQ under Now I've got my server installed, how do I create a test certificate? I tried restarting apache with # apachectl graceful and then opening my browser but it didn't work and I had to reboot - then all was well. I'm sure there is something else to restart to avoid rebooting but I don't know what - hopefully someone else can tell us? HTH Cheers Sharrea
[newbie] Moving to HTTPS
What should I do to start using HTTPS **in addition to** HTTP on my site ? I installed SquirrelMail in order to access to my mails from everywhere. But would like to do it in a secure way. So, I installed mod_ssl. In Konqueror, when using HTTPS, it issues some alert but allows me to continue. In Mozilla, this does not happen (I am not able to access my site using HTTPS). I had a quick look at the certificate and it speaks about something for testing only. Could someone point me to some HowTo or complete description of the process I should follow ? Thanks a lot in advance. Best regards /stefano
