On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 06:55:01AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > I'm trying to set up apache2 for SSL. > Did not find anything in the /usr/share/docs for apache2 related to > ssl so I'm thinking the SSL stuff is pretty much up to me. > It is just a matter of enabling the module and configuring to operate how you want.
> Do I have to generate the Certs or are they generated during > installation? > IIRC, apache2 ships the the snakeoil certificates. However, don't want to actually use those for anything. The SSL howto at tldp.org details how to create your own certificated authority, create a certificate request and then generate and self-sign the certificate. If you are setting this up for personal use, that is all you need. If this is some sort of e-commerce or other site where users will be thrown off by an untrusted CA notification in their browsers, then you will need to buy a certificate. > How do I specify http:80 and https:443? > Using Listen directives. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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