Apache and Setting Up SSL

Posted by mweber on Oct 12, 2008 6:08 PM EDT
BeginLinux.com; By Mike Weber
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The self-signed certificate is a certificate that you can create yourself that will provide SSL encryption but without the verification of your website from an outside source. The outside verification does cost money. In other words, you can get the protection you need, encryption by doing it yourself. One thing to note, if you are taking people's credit card information then you will need to get a signed certificate as a warning appears when you are using self-signed certificates.

When to use self-signed certificates.

You can use self-signed certificates whenever you are using the encryption for your own company or when you have the opportunity to explain to users why the certificate is self-signed. You cannot use a self-signed certificate when you are working with the public as you will lose credibility with the public if you do.

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