Once I realised our problems were caused by not using the
default configuration in /conf/httpd.conf-dist,
it was plain sailing. We now have a working secure Apache!
A word of caution to others who, like me, attempt to add
mod_ssl to an existing configuration.
** Apache will preserve your
Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:
> Fred Read Wrote:
> > ...
> > I feel I am *almost* there but just need a tiny nudge in the
> > right direction.
Sorry for not responding sooner but I was taken ill on Friday
and have only just got your extremely valuable response.
> First, _p
Boyce, Nick wrote:
>
> Are you sure you've modified the server config to cause it to
> expect SSL connections (as well as built it to be capable of them)?
Thanks, that was it.
I added:
SSLLog /tmp/SSLLog
SSLLogLevel debug
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.cr
Having written an authentication module for Apache which has
passed our testing and appears to be working fine we rebuilt
Apache with mod_ssl.
We can access non secure web pages as "http://server/" and
"http://server/~user" but "https://server/" fails with the
following error message:
Nets