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List:       apache-ssl
Subject:    Re: [apache-ssl] SSL, what is it and how does it work?
From:       Ben Laurie <ben () algroup ! co ! uk>
Date:       1999-11-20 21:46:15
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"Roeland M.J. Meyer" wrote:
> 
> Hello Adam & Ben,
> 
> I am trying to pitch a deal on a very large web-site. I was asked if there
> were any process documents around. Specifically, management-level overviews
> that explain how a cert is verified and what sorts of steps are required to
> produce a CA cert, a site cert, a client-side cert, etc? also, what the
> expiry process is.
> 
> Any pointers to any such documents, text, man pages, etc, would be most
> helpful.

This is mostly to do with the way CAs work, so I'd suggest looking at
Thawte and Verisign's sites. There's a host of other CAs linked on the
Apache-SSL pages which I guess would be worth looking into.

Cheers,

Ben.

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