Here is a document written by Lenya Khachaturov that has helped me to
install the certificates created for the MSIE or Netscape client :
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De: Martin Kraemer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Date: mercredi 21 juin 2000 12:59
> À: Petr Zeman
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Objet: Re: Apache+SSL
>
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 11:21:03AM +0200, Petr Zeman wrote:
> > Hallo!
> > Can you help me with my new problem with APACHE?
> > I would like to install SSL into my APACHE.
> > I downloaded source of APACHE 1.3.12, mod_ssl-2.6.4.-1.3.12,
> openssl-0.9.5a,
> > complied it and install it (as is written in mod_ssl documentation).
> > I created certificates by 'make certificate TYPE=custom' and install
> them.
> > When I set SSLVerifyClient directive to 'none', all is O.K. - my
> connection
> > switches into protected mode. But when I set directive to 'require'
> to
> > verify
> > client, I can't connect to server. Can you advice me, what I have to
> do?
> > How to create client certificate, how to set up SSL directives,
> etc.?
> > I tried use Microsoft Certificate Server from WinNt Opt. Pack,
> > but all my attempts with it failed.
> > I have IE 5.00.2314.1003, WinNT 4.00.1381.
>
> That is a question for the modssl-users support mailing list,
> (not for me personally), see
>
> http://www.modssl.org/support/
>
> for information on how to subscribe to the mailing list.
>
> However, my assumption is that you don't actually *HAVE* a personal
> client
> certificate in your browser. You can get one from commercial
> certificate
> authoriries like www.thawte.com, www.verisign.com, or for instance
> http://www.tc-trustcenter.de/english/certificates/we_offer.htm
>
> Without a client certificate, the browser cannot respond with a
> certificate when the server asks for it, therefore no connection can
> be
> made.
>
> Martin
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Hello Mike,
Here's a step-by-step you want. It's written for Apache, but you can
use it as well.
Saturday, April 29, 2000, 8:30:33 AM, you wrote:
MF> I've just installed OpenSSL 0.94.3 on a Linux box with hopes of
eventually
MF> setting up a secure POP3/IMAP server (perhaps using stunnel).
MF> Unfortunately, I am not sure where to start with respect to running
my own
MF> test CA, and generating the required certificates for stunnel and
then for
MF> client machines (running MS IE and/or Netscape). I've seen the
various docs
MF> and links from www.openssl.org, but nothing that is a step-by-step
"getting
MF> started" guide.
MF> Any assistance is greatly appreciated. If time permits, I'm quite
willing
MF> to write such a document providing I get myself up and running with
some
MF> understanding of the process.
MF> Thanks,
MF> Mike.
MF> ---
MF> "Trying is the first step towards failure."
MF> - Homer Simpson
MF>
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Client-server authentication in Apache Web Server with OpenSSL.doc