Re: URGENT Help needed as I'm new to SSL

[Vinay Ram P S]

Hi     I followed the steps given in the URL  http://tud.at/programm/apache-ssl-win32-howto.php3     Also configured Apache. But after starting Apache I get following error       [Tue Jun 19 10:35:33 2001] [error] Failed to resolve server name for 192.168.1.8     (check DNS) -- or specify an explicit ServerName     Apache/1.3.20 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.8.4 OpenSSL/0.9.6a running...         In <APACHE_HOME>/conf/httpd.conf     I 've given     ServerName  192.168.1.8         When I request with following URL    http://localhost:443/     correct page is displayed. The following are excerpts from the page     Hey, it worked !     The SSL/TLS-aware Apache webserver was     successfully installed on this website.       But When I request with following URL    http://192.168.1.8:443/     No page is displayed.       Can anybody help me in resolving the above problem and also requesting the page     using https rather than http       Another question. while creating a certificate using     i)openssl req -config openssl.cnf -new -out my-server.csr     ii)openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out my-server.key     iii)openssl x509 -in my-server.csr -out my-server.cert -req -signkey my-server.key -days 365     Is my-server is equivalent to my machine name or IP address?     I'm testing this whole set up in LAN with following     Windows NT, Apache server(ver 1.3.20), mod_ssl-2.8.4-1.3.20.tar, openssl-0.9.6a.tar     Thanks in advance Vinay   [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]