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From: "john easton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 5:51 PM
Subject: HELP! Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange


> Hello,
>
> I have recently set up Apache 1.3.9 with mod_ssl 2.4.10.  All that
> worked great and I am able to connect to the encrypted site through my
> browser etc etc.
>
> I do not want to use certificates.  It is my understanding that in order
> to run an encrypted site without certificates, it is necessary to use
> Diffie-Hellman key exchange.  I have done this (make certificate,
> specifying 'D' at the first prompt), and I have changed my
> SSLCipherSuite directive to the following in order to allow
> Diffie-Hellman ciphers (I think!)
>
> SSLCipherSuite ALL:!RSA:DH:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP
>
> Neither Netscape 4.7 nor IE5 can connect to the web server under these
> conditions, although both claim to support SSLv3 (which Diffie-Hellman
> is a part of, I believe).  I know it's possible to run a secure web
> server without certificates as I have been to numerous sites which do
> so.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John Easton
> Back Office Team,
> NrG Information Services Inc.
> Calgary, Alberta
> (403)974-1318
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It may not be enough.  I think you need to edit the SSL.H file.  The default
in the ssl.h file define is to disable ADH.

lin geng




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