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Newer page: version 20 Last edited on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:25:33 pm by JohnMcPherson Revert
Older page: version 18 Last edited on Saturday, June 28, 2003 4:31:38 pm by JonPurvis Revert
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-SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. Its used for secure communications between SSL-enabled clients and servers. Typical examples of its use  
-include HTTPS, POPS , LDAPS , and so on. If you are doign any network-based authentication, you should be doing it over SSL. Ideally, you want 
+[ SSL] stands for Secure Socket Layer. Its used for secure communications between SSL-enabled clients and servers. Typical examples of its use  
+include [ HTTPS] , [POP]S , [LDAP]S , and so on. If you are doign any network-based authentication, you should be doing it over SSL. Ideally, you want 
 all network-enabled services (http, smtp, pop, samba, ldap) running over it. Slim chance, I know. :) 
  
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 And finally: 
  
  cp apache-cert.pem /etc/apache-ssl/apache.pem 
  cp apache-key.pem /etc/apache-ssl/apache-key.pem 
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+If you have several websites under a single domain ie (site1.domain.com, site2.domain.com) you can create a single wildcard certificate that is valid for both of them. To do this simply make the CN of the certificate *.domain.com and then install the certificate as usal.  
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+Remember you can't name virtual host SSL enabled sites.  
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 To make a CA key available to Web brower users, add: 
  !AddType application/x-x509-ca-cert pem 
  !AddType application/x-x509-ca-cert der