Re: [TCLUG:5789] secure http apache and certificates

[Eric Estabrooks <eric@urbanrage.com>]

pani@frontiernet.net wrote:

> Hi, Is there a good howto which deals with how to setup a web site
> with https and "configure certificates".
>
> I would like to know how to setup a web site that can accept information
> like credit cards and other private information.  I come across a lot
> of sites that have the https and the little lock showing up in netscape
> but when I look at the "Page Info" the
> "Security" field still says "Status unknown".
>
> But then on some sites the Security Field contains a lot of information
> that kind of makes me feel safe ;-).
>
> So how do I go about doing the latter ?

Check out https://www.openssl.org  They have information about being your
own Certificate Authority.