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Is anyone else using switchtower + Apache/mod_ssl? How do you get around the private key passphrase dialog?

Hello, I need to setup a secure ssl site but I'm using a FC3 howto wich is not compatibel anymore wwith Centos 4.2 Now I removed the standard crt.key and server.key files and used the make testcert script in /etc/httpd/conf to create a new one with the appropriate company name and such. But this certificate requires a passphrase everytime apache starts and I rather would like to remove

I looked on the openssl man page but am too dense with commands to understand what I need to do..... Ran into problems generating a key and CSR for SSL, because the web site is on a server with an old Ensim Control Panel. Please someone knowledgeable, give me the openssl commands I need to use, after I ssh into the web site, to generate a 2048 bit key and csr. TIA and Happy New Year!

Hi, I successfully managed to use SSL on a local webserver for testing purposes, following the section "Using SSL" in the Chapter "Using Apache" of the "Definitive Guide to CentOS". Now I wonder: how can I use SSL with virtual hosts? I have several virtual hosts defined. Let's say I want to use SSL with this one: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin info

Hi, after the upgrade from dovecot 2.0.13 (ubuntu oneiric) to dovecot 2.0.19 (ubuntu precise), in my logs I have a lot of these errors: Jun 23 00:20:29 server1 dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): child 6714 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) I tested 2.0.21 and the problem is still here. The problem seems to appear only when the client is ms outlook, thunderbird works fine