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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], [POP|POP3]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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+A good tutorial for setting up a CertificationAuthority under Debian is at: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/284
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Basic description: You have a certificate, which is signed by some CA (Certificate Authority). This certificate has both a public key (which is
signed by the CA), and a private key. When a client makes a connection to your SSL-enabled server, the server passes the public key along the client,
