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Apache "Week" 3
Security, SSL, Certificates
[Linux System Administration Homepage]
Overview |
- SSL and Apache
- Certificates
- https
- redirects
- robots.txt
- password protection for directories
Goals:
Files/directories covered:
Commands:
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Questions |
- What is meant by a "secure" web server?
- What is SSL?
- What is a certificate? Do only web servers get them?
- Who provides most of the official certificates for Apache web servers?
- What level of encryption is used by apache SSL?
- What is meant by public key (PK) encryption? How does it work? What
are it's weaknesses?
- Why would you want a SSL powered web server?
- How do you link to a secure web server in a web page?
- How do you redirect a link to another web page?
- How do you get your web site noticed by the search engines?
- What is a worm/spider/robot?
- WHat is the robots.txt file? How does it work?
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Activites |
- Go to thawte.com and get a
certificate (a test one or one of the freebies) and install it in
netscape.
- Configure the virtual host settings for your SSL server.
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