See comments below......
Graham Leggett wrote:
> AJDIN BRANDIC wrote:
>
> > I'm a student at Coventry University (UK) doing Computer Science Hon. Degree
> > and for my final year project I am building a secure web server plus
> > creating a web site which will use this facility.
> >
> > Now do I realy need a certificate (FQDN) to install SSL? This is only a
> > project which will not be used anyware by anyone realy, it is just an
> > exercize. How much a licence would cost anyway?
>
> Yes, you do need a certificate, but you could just as well generate one
> yourself. All the software required to do this is included with mod_ssl
> (and openssl) and instructions are included.
>
> If you want to generate a certificate that is trusted by all the
> browsers out of the box, you will need to buy one. It's up to you to
> decide how important this is to you. A certificate not recognised by the
> browser (such as a homegrown cert you cooked up yourself) will cause the
> browser to throw an "are you sure" dialog box before downloading the
> page.
In regards to this, you could create your own CA, post the self signed CA
certificate as a link on a web page, and click on the link to the cert. This way
you can install the CA you have created as a trusted CA in your browser and it
will operate the same as if the cert was from Verisign or anyone else.
>
>
> Regards,
> Graham
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