[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Real dangers of CR2

[Daniel Hauck]

A certificate from a CA is *NOT* required.  Go to the NTLUG meetings and you
might have known that. ;)

Secondly, the solution was, if I didn't need to spell it out was to have
someone else host a page at:

http://www.domain.com

Where the page does a redirect to:

https://secure.domain.com

Different names for different IPs.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Camm" <bbai at onramp.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Real dangers of CR2


> while ssl support is now built into the latest versions of apache, in
> order for it to work,
> you need a certificate from a CA (certification authority) like Verisign
> or Thawte, which is not free. Thawte is currently charging $125/year (i
> think).
>
> also, if you change your url to https://www.mydomain.com/ think of the
> <exaggerate>hundreds of thousands </exaggerate> of surfers who have hit
> your site and can't find it any more.
>
> this is NOT a real-world solution for personal websites.
>
> david camm
> advanced web systems
>
> Daniel Hauck wrote:
> >
> > Obviously some of us survived and some of us didn't.  That's not to say
they
> > aren't getting around to it later though...
> >
> > My brother's machine is still web-available as is mine and we are in
vastly
> > different areas.  I think they merely shut down some of the ones
producing
> > higher traffic.  It has definitely made a difference though... I am down
to
> > only 100+ hits per day now as opposed to the previously higher rate of
500+.
> > (rates are guestimated, not measured and then approximated.)  I hope
they
> > don't block us all off or I will be forced to seek other alternatives in
my
> > web hosting efforts...like running on port 8080 or 81 or something like
> > that... I hate non-standard ports though... it's just kinda ugly...oh
> > wait... :)  I GOT IT!!!
> >
> > To anyone wondering what do to?  How about setting up HTTPS!!  That's
not
> > port 80 either!!  Most people would not object to allowing a secure
> > connection either!  The other part of the work-around would be setting
up
> > alternative server names like "secure.domain.com" or the like as the
> > redirected point of service.  I think that's a happy alternative for
those
> > with a blockage of port 80.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fred James" <fredjame at concentric.net>
> > To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
> > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 3:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Real dangers of CR2
> >
> > > My attempt to access your site produced:
> > > >>
> > > This browser does not implement CSS properly. To view this site you
need
> > > to download ia more recent browser. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0+
or
> > > Netscape 6.0+ will work fine. To view a listing of CSS-compatible
> > > browsers, go to http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/#browsers.
> > >
> > >  In the meantime, you can read my LiveJournal here.
> > > <<
> > > I am running Netscape Communicator 4.76 - just though you would like
to
> > > know.
> > >
> > >
> > > Travis Bell wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 12:49:21PM -0500, Steve Egbert wrote:
> > > > > I am not particularily pleased when AT&T @Home shutted port 80
off.  A
> > brief
> > > > > chat with AT&T Customer Representative Staff states that this
measure
> > is a
> > > > > permanent and indefinite measure.
> > > >
> > > > Am I the only AT&T @Home user who did _NOT_ get shut down?  I can
still
> > > > access my site (running on my home PC) from anywhere.  All of my
friends
> > > > can still get to it, and I can still see it from work, too.
> > > >
> > > > http://tjbell.dhs.org
> > > >
> > > > All of this days after the AT&T announcement.  I don't get it...
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Travis Bell  a.k.a.  MudPoet
> > > > echo tjbexx at usa.nyz | tr xyz let
> > > > ICQ: 6014042  -  AIM: MudPoet
> > > > http://tjbell.dhs.org
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > --
> > > ...make every program a filter...
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