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How to secure your Apache Webaccess server with a SSL certificate from godaddy
First of all, this is my first post on Cool Solutions, so be nice:-)
Most people probably run a webserver, for example a webaccess server. Apache default uses a self-signed SSL certificate which is created during the installation of Apache.
The disadvantage to this is that when people access your secure website they get a error that the certificate cannot be validated because of an untrusted Certificate Authority (CA). This does not mean the site isn't secure, you know that, I know that, but for normal users it looks like your company doesn't have a secure site.
In Internet Explorer 8 there is a new security feature which is enabled by default for every new window that is opened and the user has to accept the certificate. This is really annoying, for example a webaccess where you open a Email in a new Window. By the way, with Firefox you don't have this problem after you have once accepted the certificate during a session.
On http://blog.wilmsenit.nl/?p=733 you can read how to secure your Apache Webaccess server with a SSL certificate from godaddy.
Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).
It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.
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