Hi Guys 'n' girls,

I've been a member of the list, but not really reading
(because WOW - it's technical!) but nonetheless want
to get my head around not only the production of
certificates, but also their implimentation on
servers.

What my sole goal(s) [!] is, is to be able to:

1.  Produce my own certificate (self-signed)
2.  Present this (i.e. each one) to persons arriving
at site(s) I publish, to enable them to realise it's
'me', that's talking to them.

3.  Initiate/respond to initiation of 'secure' (SSL)
sessions - i.e. give website users 'security' of
knowing their interaction with websites I publish is
encrypted - to SSL standard standards:  in short a
https connection.

4.  To be able to store the information received from
web-users encrypted on my server(s).

I appreciate 4. may be outwith the bounds of this
list, but what I really need - and I mean, really,
really need <g> is someone to give me a link to a
(free) resource out their on the web, that can give me
enough insight to get to work producing the above.

FWIW, I'm 'au fait' with SSL as a user (I understand
what's being negotiated [I think!].  I am also the
(legal/lawyer) author of a book about PGP; so you can
take it as read that I understand the basics, and
perhaps advanced understanding of public key
cryptography.  When it comes to openSSL etc, though,
I'm completely lost:  I need a beginners text that can
*practically* get me up to speed on all the basics,
conceptually, but more realistically, PRACTICALLY.

Could someone on this list please recommend a text
that will bring me up to speed on all of this, 'tout
suite'.

Many thanks in advance for any replies; bet your
bottom dollar if you can help out on this question,
the next one won't be so stupid!!! <ggg>

PP


       
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