[3844] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Certificates
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick C. Richard)
Wed Dec 18 23:59:15 1996
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 18:28:25 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick C. Richard" <patr@xcert.com>
To: Jorge Manuel Monteiro Osorio de Figueiredo <si10875@ci.uminho.pt>
cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9612161546.AA06069@athena.ci.uminho.pt>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Jorge Manuel Monteiro Osorio de Figueiredo wrote:
> I want to run a secure web server. For that I will need a certificate for my server.
> Can I generate my own certificate, or I must buy one from a Certification Authority?
> Can I generate certificates to my customers?
See http://www.xcert.com
>
> I thought that as long as my customers trust my certificate they can tell their
> browser to accept it. Is this true?
Yes.
>
> If this is possible, how can I do it?
You can set up a link to your cert on your website.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jorge
>
----
Pat Richard
patr@x509.com
