At 09:33 7/05/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>When generating the certificate (assuming you're using ssleay), it is
>the 'your name' question (which is actually the Common Name field of the
>cert). Make sure you put the exact server name as it will show in the
>URL.
>
Howdy :)
I managed to figure this one out, by going to another secure site and
seeing how the certificate was made up.
>To preempt your next question... once you've sorted out this problem,
>you'll start to see the message "storm.lightning.tne.net.au is a site
>that uses encryption to protect transmitted information. However,
>Netscape does not recognize the authority who signed its
>certificate."... To fix this, you'll need to get a 'trusted' cert from
>someone like Thawte (see the web page http://www.apache-ssl.org for
>other issuers, and check with your browser manufacturer for a list of
>'trusted' issuers).
>
Yep i'm aware of this problem, but at the moment can't afford the US$125
that most seem to charge for this. At the moment i'll stick with a message
saying to accept the certificate on the page preceeding the SSL one.
Thanks for your help.
- Steven Bolbot
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Go to
<http://minotaur.home.ml.org/sjb.asc>http://Minotaur.home.ml.org/sjb.asc
for my
PGP Public Key.
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