Re: Just curious about Mod_SSL and Apache.

In reply to this posting and the other of this same topic just a tad bit below in this newsgroup. Wish I can have a private key without a passphrase that that is impossible. I also don't use the make certificate either. How it work is that I use OpenSSL to create the keys then I go to the Equifax website and post the encrypted keys on that website, submitted it and pay the bill. Then in 30 minutes, I get an certificate from Equifax. I do this for my company (credit report reseller) every year. I never like having to reboot the webserver on schedule, twice a week to keep the server running smoothly. It is either that or have the customers come after us when the server reached an out of memory error. I'll try out this "apachectl startssl echo 'password' ". Probably will throw in a return carriage if it doesn't work. Hope to hear more from everyone who have this situation also. "Adam Voigt" <adam@cryptocomm.com> wrote in message news:1035381901.1541.19.camel@beowulf.cryptocomm.com... > You try?: > > /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl < echo "password" > > Doubt it will work, but it's worth a try. > The other option is ofcourse, not encrypting your private key, > kind of a trade off, do you want to ahve to be there when the > server boots, or do you want to have to worry about security > with an unencrypted private key. > > Adam Voigt > adam.voigt@cryptocomm.com > > On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 09:54, Scott Fletcher wrote: > > I know the topic is off the point but at least, I use PHP on this webserver. > > As you know, when you shut down Apache and later on, start it up by this > > command, "apachectl startssl". Then it will ask you for the passphrase > > (password). This is the private key password for the ssl and encryption > > purpose. > > > > The question here is when I write a bash script that will do it for me > > automatically by just executing the filename. The question is how to give > > the passphrase to Apache? I tried many different method of scripting and > > Apache doesn't received the passphrase from the user input. Anyone know? > > Or is there some reference somewhere where I can start looking into it? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >