Thanks for the info. I am also interested in digital privacy and other associated matters. I was recently a long-time user of anonymizer.com and found their service to be very useful. $30/year gives you more websurfing privacy as they serve as the HTTP proxy instead of having you serve it on your own server.
If you have any problems or questions concerning setting up your SSL or signing your own certs, let us know. I'm sure there are a number of people on this list who have done it, including me. Also, SSH is a popular tool that we use quite a lot, so if you have questions about that, please feel free to post them. John Hebert --- Jiggs Howick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the link. I will give it a try. > > As far as anonymity goes. I'm using a Perl script > created by James Marshall called CGIproxy. This > script > acts as a HTTP proxy. The author describes his > script: > > "You can retrieve any resource that is accessible > from > the server it runs on. This is useful when your own > access is limited, but you can reach a server that > in > turn can reach others that you can't. In addition, > the > user is kept as anonymous as possible from any > servers. Common uses include: anonymous proxies > similar to The Anonymizer, other personal uses, > VPN-like functionality, and others. It's very simple > to install, and very configurable." > > You can get CGIproxy at the following link: > http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy/ > > > --- John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are a number of documents on the web for > > setting > > up SSL on your own Apache server and signing your > > own > > certificates. Here's one: > > > http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=241850 > > > > Could you provide some details on how you are > > maintaining your anonymity? I understand you to > say > > that you are not using an external proxy server, > but > > rather your own. Is this correct? > > > > --- Jiggs Howick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've got an Apache web server set up at home. > I'm > > > using a CGI Perl script to host a CGI proxy for > > > surfing the web while keeping my anonymity. > > > Everything > > > works great. The one thing I have not been > unable > > to > > > do is to surf to web pages requiring secure > > > connections, HTTPS sites. I've tried setting up > > > security certificates from several Certificate > > > Authorities. They all want loads of money for > the > > > service. I know this is required for banks and > > full > > > time businesses needing to protect credit card > > > numbers > > > and passwords. Does anyone know of a cheap or > free > > > way > > > to set up SSL or SSH security for my home web > > > server? > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on > > > time. > > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on > > time. > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on > time. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
