[ale] Redhat 6.1 Secure web server problems

[Jeff Hubbs]

Must be too busy picking out Ferrari interior colors up there at Red Hat...

(It's a JOKE...)

- Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Mount [mailto:dan at desktopconnection.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 4:21 PM
> To: 'ale at ale.org'
> Subject: RE: [ale] Redhat 6.1 Secure web server problems
> 
> 
> Well, I figured out the problem... Redhat seems to have left 
> out the part of
> the Makefile that makes a test certificate as described in 
> the installation
> manual, and it also turns out that the fix on the web site in 
> the 'gotchas'
> section is wrong too.... (Hmmm... I seem to be working too 
> hard to make a
> commercial product work like it should). I searched the 
> RedHat mailing list
> for the secure server to figure out the problem... The 
> Command that RedHat
> supplies to Gen a test certificate is:
> 
> /usr/sbin/openssl req -new -key ssl.key/server.key -out 
> ssl.crt/server.crt
> 
> It should be:
> 
> /usr/sbin/openssl req -new -x509 -key ssl.key/server.key -out
> ssl.crt/server.crt
> 
> (Make sure to remove any line breaks if you want to use this...)
> 
> btw, RedHat still has not responded to my support ticket via 
> their web based
> support system...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Mount [mailto:dan at desktopconnection.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 10:37 AM
> To: 'ale at ale.org'
> Subject: [ale] Redhat 6.1 Secure web server problems
> 
> 
> Has anyone successfully installed RedHat 6.1 professional 
> with their secure
> web server and used SSL with a certificate that you created? 
> The tools that
> they have provided are incomplete and the fix on the web site 
> does not seem
> to work either. I've activated my support with RedHat and 
> placed a support
> request. That was yesterday and I have no response...
> 
> If you've set this up, could you please send me the steps for 
> making your
> own certificate?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> ..............................................................
> Dan Mount
> dmount at desktopconnection.net
> ..............................................................
> 
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