At 08:44 AM 1/19/00 -0800, you wrote:
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>i just installed mod_ssl to apache. i have been able
>to bring up a page using https://myserver/index.html.
>when the page comes up, i am prompted about the
>certificate. is there a way to bypass the multiple
>questions and just push the certificate?
If I understand your question the answer is: No. There is no such thing
as "pushing" a certificate. You need to buy a certificate that is already
in their (your) browser repository. For example, verisign or thawte.
>From a cyptographic standpoint, I'm not sure how you could securely "push"
over a insecure line. But maybe I'm just missing it.
It may be possible to self-sign if you can contact all of the people who
need access to your site before-hand (e.g., if it were just for friends).
But then friends can just ignore the pesky dialogs.
Or possibly you have a VeriSign or Thawte cert and are having difficulties
because when creating your root cert you chose a hostname that doesn't
match your hostname (like using the real name instead of the cname of a
virtual host).
Or perhaps you'd like to be clearer as to the problem in your next post.
For example, what prompt? what questions?
-Alan
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