On Feb 11, 2008 3:54 PM, David Jansen <jansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 01:23:16PM +0100, Alain Spineux wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2008 1:07 PM, David Jansen <jansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > A weird question, but when contacting my internet provider to purchase an > > > SSL certificate through them, they asked whether it should be for > > > Apache mod_ssl or for Apache + openssl. > > > But as far as I can see from the apache documentation and output eg from > > > phpinfo, apache is linked against openssl and mod_ssl is loaded (and > > > running ldd on mod_ssl.so shows me, that that too is linked to the > > > openssl libraries, as I expected) > > > > > > So, what does the question from my provider mean, and how can I figure > > > out which type of SSL my server needs? > > > > Maybe the 3 first link can help you to make the diff between both. > > I'm sorry, which link are you refering to? Sorry http://www.rapidssl.com/ssl-certificate-support/install-ssl-certificate/index.htm They are link for creating and link for installing on the left > > > Do you know, You cangenerate self signed certificate yourself ? > > Their is lot of howto on the web. > > yes I know, and I have done that in the past. But how does that help me? Pay will not help you more ! > generating a self signed certificate is done using openssl, but does > that mean that openssl is the proper choice? Creating a certificate request, or a pair of public/private keys are also done using openssl, You need to provide a certificate request or at least a public key to get a signed certificate! mod_ss, openssl, TLS are all using the same "technology", this is the same base. > > It might just mean that the person at my isp who asked this question is > rather clueless on what he is actually selling. Wouldn't be the first time... > > David Jansen > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > System is Fedora 7, but I'm happy to upgrade if that makes any > > > difference, with apache version httpd-2.2.6-1.fc7.i386 > > > > > > David Jansen > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Alain Spineux aspineux gmail com May the sources be with you
