Secure Websites Using SSL And Certificates

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 21, 2007

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“This how-to will guide you through the entire process of
setting up a secure website using SSL and digital certificates.
This guide assumes that you have already a fully functional (and
configured) server running Apache, BIND, and OpenSSL. Just as a
side note, this guide was written based on a Fedora Core 6
distribution, but should be the same for most other distros out
there.

“Today it is possible to create a secure website with relative
ease by requiring a client to present a digitally signed
certificate…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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