Securing webaccess with ssl

Question

OK, I will admit right now I don't fully understand how
webaccess and ssl works. In my current setup I used a
self-signed key generated and stored in eDir. This key is
used in httpd.conf like:
SecureListen xxx.yyy.zzz.1:443 "SSL Certificate"
I know have my freshly minted ssl cert (filename.crt) from
my CA. GHow the heck do I use it. I have search the TIDs
and Documentation with no luck, although I may not know
exactly what to look for.
Can someone either point me towards the correct docs or
otherwise instruct on how to set this up???
Much thanks, Chris.

Answer 1

OK, figured this one out. What is confusing is that in the
webaccess gateway there is an option to secure the gateway.
To the unfamiliar this would be the spot to add the
certificate. However, after doing more investigation I
realized that the ssl connection to the user is handled by
apache.
Now the apache setup is fairly straight forward provided
your CA issue you a certificate in pfx or p12 format. If
they issue a PEM certificate, then you have some dancing to
do. Luckily openssl helped here and I was able to convert
the certificate to pfx.
Chris
>>> On 7/16/2009 at 11:55 AM, in message
<4A5F15AB.CE15.0032.0@N0_$pam.vrapc.com>,
Chris<cmosentine@N0_$pam.vrapc.com> wrote:
> OK, I will admit right now I don't fully understand how
> webaccess and ssl works. In my current setup I used a
> self-signed key generated and stored in eDir. This key
> is
> used in httpd.conf like:
>
> SecureListen xxx.yyy.zzz.1:443 "SSL Certificate"
>
> I know have my freshly minted ssl cert (filename.crt)
> from
> my CA. GHow the heck do I use it. I have search the
> TIDs
> and Documentation with no luck, although I may not know
> exactly what to look for.
>
> Can someone either point me towards the correct docs or
> otherwise instruct on how to set this up???
>
> Much thanks, Chris.