You can make a selft signed certificate for free (using openssl) and
that is fine as long as you are the only one supposed to access the
https site.
If you want a public https site than you should buy one else visitors
will not trust your site.

Massimo

On Apr 9, 2:07 pm, davidjensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Massimo, thanks for the advice. All I had to do was use port 1000 and
> map 80 of the external to 1000 of the internal network.
>
> I would like to use https so I can remotely edit code and use the
> shell somewhat securely. I did comment out "raise HTTP(200, T('Admin
> is disabled because unsecure channel'))" in default.py of admin, but
> this apparently exposes my actions to the internet.  I thought ssl
> required a certificate and the least expensive one I have found is
> Comodo at $149 per year. However, web hosting services have something
> called a shared certificate. There is also openssl.org. I  have a
> windows host on my network. Is there an "open" certificate? Can I get
> a "shared' certificate for less? Does openssl do this? I am not using
> ecommerce, so a high level of security is not important.
>
> I have a somewhat workable shell now that requires a separate instance
> of Python running simultaneously.
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