Re: FN-FORUM Setting up a secure site

date posted 24th May 2001 14:22

Hi Chris, thanks for your response.

I will be looking to get the site hosted through an ISP, not myself. How
complicated is it to set this up, and do you have any idea of an average
cost?

Thanks again, Ben
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Allen" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Setting up a secure site


> On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 01:18:52PM +0100, Ben Empson wrote:
> > Hi all, does anybody know where I can look for advice / a step-by-step
process on how to set up a secure (SSL) site?
> >
>
> Many hosts offer an SSL overlay, so you can access your site at
>
> http://www.yoursite.com
> https://www.yoursite.com
>
> They will probably charge you extra for this, as they need to buy
> a secure certificate for you.
>
>
> If you are doing it yourself, it depends on your web server. If you are
using Apache, then
> you just bolt on one of the freely availably SSL implementations - mod_ssl
at http://www.modssl.org
> is good and compiles straight out of the box.
>
> You will need to buy a secure certificate for your site. I have found
Thawte (http://www.thawte.com)
> from South Africa to offer excellent customer service, and are much
cheaper than Verisign (who people
> traditionally use).
>
> Do mail me if you want some more help - I have set up many secure sites,
and they can
> be tricky at times.
>
> chris.
>
>
>
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