A little plug over and there should not hurt.. Here's a beginner level CVS and Web 
Development article I had written.. It takes PHP as an example, but applies to other 
languages also.

Easing Web Application Development with CVS
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/01/31/CVS.html

Oktay Altunergil

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:01:51 -0400
Anthony Eden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> CVS means "Concurrent Versioning System" (I think).  It is the repository where 
>source code and documentation and
> everything else is kept.  It allows multiple people to work on documents at the same 
>time, making changes independently
> and then merging changes and maintaining revision history.
> 
> Information about the Apache CVS is at http://jakarta.apache.org/site/cvsindex.html
> 
> CVS is not for the faint of heart though.  However, once you get used to it you will 
>never be able to go back to
> whatever you were using before (at least that is how I feel.) :-)
> 
> Sincerely,
> Anthony Eden
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 4:44 PM
> > To: Tomcat Users List
> > Subject: RE: tomcat and SSL (keyfile password)
> >
> >
> > Hello Peter,
> >
> > Forgive my ignorance (perhaps this is why people aren't finding this sort
> > of information), but whatr exactly *IS* the CVS? And *WHERE* is it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Glenn
> >
> > At 10:34 PM 4/25/02 +0200, you wrote:
> > >Mhhh, there is an updated version of the ssl-howto in the
> > >CVS for MONTHS now, that describes the installation of official
> > >certs (like Verisign, Thawte, Trustcenter...) step by step.
> > >But it is *NOT* in TC 4.03 and it is not on the jakarta-webpage.
> > >
> > >I simply wonder why? People are dealing with this topic again
> > >and again... And I know how frustrating this can get... :-(
> > >
> > >Peter
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Dave North [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:33 PM
> > > > To: Tomcat Users List
> > > > Subject: RE: tomcat and SSL (keyfile password)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > OK, here's what I did (this was using a test versign cert but the
> > > > procedure is the same for a "real" production cert):
> > > >
> > > > STEP A - generate your private key
> > > >
> > > > Pre-req: JDK must be installed
> > > >
> > > > 1) cd to $JAVA_HOME/jre/bin
> > > >
> > > > 2) run ./keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore <FULL PATH
> > > > TO KEYSTORE>
> > > >
> > > > 3) You will be prompted for a password for the keystore
> > > >
> > > > 3) at the prompts, enter:
> > > >
> > > > What is your first and last name?
> > > >   [Unknown]:  <DO NOT USE NAME - ENTER THE NAME OF YOUR MACHINE AS IT'S
> > > > KNOWN TO VISITORS>
> > > > What is the name of your organizational unit?
> > > >   [Unknown]:  <WHATEVER YOU LIKE>
> > > > What is the name of your organization?
> > > >   [Unknown]:  <TYPICALLY COMPANY NAME>
> > > > What is the name of your City or Locality?
> > > >   [Unknown]:  <YOUR CITY>
> > > > What is the name of your State or Province?
> > > >   [Unknown]:  <STATE OR PROV>
> > > > What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
> > > >   [Unknown]:  <COUNTRY CODE>
> > > >
> > > > 4) You will then be prompted for another password - use the same (ie.
> > > > Press ENTER)
> > > >
> > > > STEP B - Generate a Certificate Request
> > > >
> > > > 1) cd to  $JAVA_HOME/jre/bin
> > > >
> > > > 2) ./keytool -certreq -alias tomcat -file csr.txt -keystore <FULL PATH
> > > > TO SAME KEYSTORE CREATED IN STEP A>
> > > >
> > > > STEP C - Get the new cert from Verisign
> > > >
> > > > www.versign.com has all the info here
> > > >
> > > > STEP D - Install the Verisign ROOT CA cert AND your server cert
> > > >
> > > > When you get your cert in step C, they will provide you with the root
> > > > cert
> > > >
> > > > 1) cd to  $JAVA_HOME/jre/bin
> > > >
> > > > 2) ./keytool -import -alias verisign -file <FILE THAT CONTAINS THE
> > > > VERSIGN ROOT CA CERT> -keystore <PATH TO KEYSTORE>
> > > >
> > > > 3) ./keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias tomcat -file <FILE THAT
> > > > CONTAINS YOUR CERT FROM VERISIGN> -keystore <PATH TO KEYSTORE>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > STEP E - Configure an SSL listener for tomcat
> > > >
> > > > 1) edit $JAKARTA_HOME/conf/server.xml and add the following:
> > > >
> > > > <!-- Define an SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 443 -->
> > > > <Connector className="org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpConnector"
> > > >            port="443" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
> > > >            enableLookups="true"
> > > >            acceptCount="10" debug="10" scheme="https" secure="true">
> > > >   <Factory className="org.apache.catalina.net.SSLServerSocketFactory"
> > > >            clientAuth="false" protocol="TLS"
> > > >            keystoreFile="<FULL PATH TO KEYSTORE FILE>"
> > > > keystorePass="<PASSWORD HERE>"/>
> > > > </Connector>
> > > >
> > > > 2) Stop and start the tomcat server
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 2:29 PM
> > > > To: Tomcat Users List
> > > > Subject: Re: tomcat and SSL (keyfile password)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Dave
> > > >
> > > >  ohhh...good to know that.
> > > >
> > > >  I need to set up the tomcat 4.0.3 with verisign.
> > > >
> > > > Can you please send those doc to me ?
> > > >
> > > > I appreciate your help
> > > >
> > > > thanks in advance
> > > > BM
> > > >
> > > > Dave North wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >         After a few hours trying to get this working, I've finally got
> > > > > my tomcat server working with a certificate signed by Verisign.  This
> > > > > all works great.  However, to do this, I need to configure the
> > > > > keyfilePass into the server.xml file.  This is bad as our security
> > > > > policy is "thou shall not have any passwords in plain text".  We also
> > > > > use SSL on our iPlanet server and it prompts at start time for the
> > > > > password (they use the term software token but it's the same).  So,
> > > > the
> > > > > question is: is it possible to have tomcat prompt for this and/or how
> > > > > have others got around keeping this in plain text?
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW: if anyone's interested, I have the complete step-by-step of how I
> > > > > got the versign cert working...the info is out there but it seems to
> > > > be
> > > > > all over the place.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave North
> > > > > SIGNIANT Inc.
> > > > > Trusted Data Transfer Services
> > > > > www.signiant.com
> > > > > Phone: 613-761-3623
> > > > > Mobile: 613-294-3231
> > > > > Fax: 613-761-3629
> > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > >
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