Hi Anne & Sarah I have moved this away from Mac Access as it is not a Mac issue.
You don’t purchase self-signed certificates, you create them yourself. That’s kind of the point. :) Those who disregard security or leave it to others are asking for trouble, to be honest. That is to say, if they are dealing with sensitive or classified information via the Internet. Security has to be the number 1 priority for everybody I would have thought. Sarah’s statement that she’s not secure and that she leaves it to others left me speechless! After all the trouble with Microsoft and their products recently, I would have thought that security should be high on everybody’s list of priorities. But well, there we are. But going back to the original points; there are different types of certificates available, depending upon what you want them for. Authentication certificates are used to authenticate mail. But, be warned. If you start using an authentication certificate, you will have a whole lot of trouble posting to most mailing list. This is because the certificates turn your message into a Mime encoded message, rather than just a plain text message. This type of message is generally not compatible with mailing lists, which routinely reject mime messages and there’s a good reason for that. Mime messages are intended as point to point content where, for instance, your mailer can decode a mail attachments. There are various types of Mime encoded messages but the type you’re talking about here is encrypted. Since the list servers do not generally possess the technologies to authenticate you as a user, your messages will either bounce, be rejected, or possibly even cause the moderator to remove you from the group. So, if you routinely use mailing lists, I recommend that you use two or more mail accounts so that you can switch between them, or else you’ll have to keep turning the authentication certificates off, which kind of negates the point of the exercise. if, on the other hand, you’re referring to the SSL type certificate generally used for websites etc., that’s totally different. Again, you don’t buy a self-signed certificate, you issue those yourself and hope that your users will trust them. The problem with these is that they do not encrypt, only validate, content. if you’re using a website and you want full-blown encryption, as in https://www.your-site.com, then you’d need a full-blown SSL certificate. All that having been said, if Annie is not a member of this group I’ve just waisted everybody’s time, especially my own. But this is not a Mac Access issue so I moved it. On 26 Aug 2014, at 18:16, Sarah k Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: I'm not secure at all, but I use the no-ip free service to take care of everything. Take care. On Aug 26, 2014, at 2:02 AM, Jørgen Skov Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > I will set my server up, so my network users can login to my server, there > they have a personal drive to personal documents and a mail adress. > Which certificate should i buy? or can i use a free self signed certificate? > If anyone can recommend a cheap one, i will be glad. > Thanks in advance. > Best regards > Jørgen > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > the list's public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that the > Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. > However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. 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