Re: Encripted web pages

"Edward Bosco" <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:42:40 -0500
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Andrei -

What distribution and version are you using?

On 1/15/07, Andrei Smirnov <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for all your hints. They helped me to get a better picture about
> SSL and certification.
>
> My problem with encrypted web pages was simpler solved than I thought. It
> turns out that as long as I don't care to certify who I am, and only want my
> web-server to use encryption when serving the web-pages I just need to ask
> the viewer to use https:// instead of http:// in the URL.
>
> But I still have an important question: how do I make it impossible to use
> the insecure 'http://' on those web pages which I only want to be accessed
> via SSL? Say it's sensitive documents, and I password protected the
> web-page, but now I want to make sure that those with the access can only
> view the pages using SSL.
> Currently, a user can forget to enter 'https://' and can use just
> 'http://', and the page will still be served insecurely. I looked at
> http.conf settings, but could not see such an option right away. Maybe I
> missed something?
>
> Andrei
>
>
>
> On 1/6/07, David Krovich <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Andrei,
> >
> > I recommend looking into http://www.cacert.org.
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > Andrei Smirnov wrote:
> > > On 11/2/06, *Jimi Kimble* <[email protected]
> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     I assume you want to use openssl, so I googled openssl and apache
> > >     and got this walk through:
> > >     http://www.unixcities.com/apache-openssl/index.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks Jimi for the link. I finally started to get serious about
> > > implementing the SSL on my apache server.
> > > After reading your link I stumbled on these two lines:
> > >
> > > SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt
> > > SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key
> > >
> > > How do I get these two files?
> > > I remember we once performed some sort of ritual at Morlug of signing
> > > digital certificates or similar. Was that the occasion when I was
> > > supposed to
> > > obtain those files? Even if I did, I must have lost them by now.
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Andrei
> > >
> > >     On 11/1/06, *Andrei Smirnov* < [email protected]
> > >     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > >
> > >         I wonder if anyone can give me a brief howto on how to setup
> > an
> > >         encripted web-page using Apache?
> > >         I have a linux web-server running Apache of course, and now I
> > >         need to
> > >         exchange confidential patent material with my attorney. I
> > >         thought of
> > >         doing it using the SSL protocol, like they use in web commerce
> > for
> > >         credit card transactions etc. But how do I set it up? I
> > presume it
> > >         should be easy.
> > >
> > >         Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > >         Andrei
> > >
> > >         --
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> > >
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Andrei -<br><br>What distribution and version are you using?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/15/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrei Smirnov</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]
</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks for all your hints. They helped me to get a better picture about SSL and certification.
<br>
<br>
My problem with encrypted web pages was simpler solved than I thought.
It turns out that as long as I don&#39;t care to certify who I am, and only
want my web-server to use encryption when serving the web-pages I just
need to ask the viewer to use https:// instead of http:// in the URL.<br>
<br>
But I still have an important question: how do I make it impossible to
use the insecure &#39;http://&#39; on those web pages which I only want to be
accessed via SSL? Say it&#39;s sensitive documents, and I password protected
the web-page, but now I want to make sure that those with the access
can only view the pages using SSL.<br>
Currently, a user can forget to enter &#39;https://&#39; and can use just
&#39;http://&#39;, and the page will still be served insecurely. I looked at
http.conf settings, but could not see such an option right away. Maybe
I missed something?<br><span class="sg">
<br>
Andrei</span><div><span class="e" id="q_1102884880292d69_2"><br>
<br>&nbsp;<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Krovich</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[email protected]
</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Andrei,<br><br>I recommend looking into <a href="http://www.cacert.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.cacert.org</a>.<br><br>-Dave<br><br>Andrei Smirnov wrote:<br>&gt; On 11/2/06, *Jimi Kimble* &lt;
<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[email protected]
</a><br>&gt; &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[email protected]</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I assume you want to use openssl, so I googled openssl and apache
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and got this walk through:
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.unixcities.com/apache-openssl/index.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.unixcities.com/apache-openssl/index.html</a><br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>
&gt; Thanks Jimi for the link. I finally started to get serious about<br>
&gt; implementing the SSL on my apache server.<br>&gt; After reading your link I stumbled on these two lines:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt<br>&gt; SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key
<br>&gt;<br>&gt; How do I get these two files?<br>&gt; I remember we once performed some sort of ritual at Morlug of signing<br>&gt; digital certificates or similar. Was that the occasion when I was<br>&gt; supposed to<br>

&gt; obtain those files? Even if I did, I must have lost them by now.<br>&gt; Any help would be appreciated.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Andrei<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On 11/1/06, *Andrei Smirnov* &lt; <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">

[email protected]</a><br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">[email protected]</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I wonder if anyone can give me a brief howto on how to setup an
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; encripted web-page using Apache?<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a linux web-server running Apache of course, and now I<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; need to<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; exchange confidential patent material with my attorney. I
<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; thought of<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; doing it using the SSL protocol, like they use in web commerce for<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; credit card transactions etc. But how do I set it up? I presume it<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; should be easy.
<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks in advance,<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Andrei<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Andrei V. Smirnov, PhD.<br>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://smirnov.mae.wvu.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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