On 10/24/05, jonathan gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > i would like to request the following feature (i'll do it on the cvstrac > if its cleary accepted here in order to not stain the cvstrac). > > HTTPS web interface and HTTPS captive portal share the same certificate > and private key for the SSL layer. > > This certificates are generated from the web interface thru the menu > System -> Advanced funcations -> webGUI SSL certificate/key. > > Being the same certificate the two pair of boxes (certificate and key) > would be nice to be auto-completed automatically once the certificate is > generated in the Advanced funcions. > > Why do it so? > > The certificate and its private key can be generated using 'System -> > Advanced funcations -> webGUI SSL certificate/key'. The admin can decide > to put the webGUI in SSL or not, but if (s)he wants to enable Captive > Portal over SSL the certificate will be present and being populated in > the boxes. > > Why mantain the boxes so? > > If an admin (his/her company) is paying for SSL signing services with > verisign, thawte or other company (s)he can decide use a real > certificate in i.e. the captive portal boxes and a self-signed > certificate in the wegGUI of pfSense. > > I think this changes can help so much the implementation of Captive > Portal because will enable the user/admin to only select how (s)he wants > the portal to be running (SSL or not) using a simple click. If (s)he has > bigger needs then (s)he can populate the certificate and key boxes with > real worldwide accepted certificates for the captive portal (and of > course for the webGUI interface). > > I look forward to hearing from you abouth this theme. > Regards,
Have you tried copy and pasting the key from the advanced screen to the captive portal configuration screen? I know this is not what your looking for but it should work. At this point since we are syncing against m0n0wall I would rather not change the captive portal code unless we submit changes upstream to be included. Scott --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
