Hi,

> I've got a site i want to keep private between just a few people.  I've been 
> reading how to's on google, but all of them seem to be for apache....I know i 
> need to use openssl but i don't know the commands well enough.
>
> Basically, what i want to do is use ssl to authenticate a handfull of clients 
> instead of using basic or digest authentication.  I can't find a good guide 
> for this.  If soemone could point me to the information or help me out i'd 
> really appreciate it.

Unless I'm mistaken, SSL is not for authentication - just for securing
the connection. Over a secure connection you could use plain-text
passwords for authentication, as a man-in-the-middle attack is
unlikely (as long as your client knows a bogey certificate and knows
not to trust it). You should read the documentation about SSL[1] and
about authentication[2].

Peter-Paul

[1] http://www.cherokee-project.com/doc/cookbook_ssl.html
[2] http://www.cherokee-project.com/doc/cookbook_authentication.html
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