Re: digital signing vs. full encryption.
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.apache.mod-ssl.user |
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> Hi: > My question relates to the possibility of selectively enabling digital > encryption vs. digital signing when using the mod_ssl with Apache 2.0. > > The motivation for the tradeoff is due to performance. > > So ideally, we might want to enable a client to login using a secure > form over https that would be encrypted. > > However, once logged in, the subsequent client requests [for documents] > could be served up using digital signing. Encryption may not be strictly > required. > > I was wondering if it would be possible to install mod_ssl, Apache2.0, a > thwate/Verisign server certificate and be able to serve the login form > over https/encryption and the subsequent documents over digital > signatures. > > If this is possible, could you pl. point me, or tell me what I'd need to > do in terms of the configuration file? > mod_ssl implement Secure SOCKET Layer, you want HTTP with digital signature, which is something quite different. Look into web services, they probably have something like what you're after. -a -- Aaron Stromas | "Tik-tik-tik!!!... ja, Pantani is weg..." mailto:[email protected] | BRTN commentator +1 (301) 493 4933 | L'Alpe d'Huez http://www.izoard.com | 1995 Tour de France ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [email protected]