[WEB4LIB] Secure Web Pages with SSL on IIS

[Pecaut, Mark J.]

 Nothing against IIS (i've never used it), but OpenBSD comes with OpenSSL
built-in and ready to go with apache (also pre-installed).  All you have to
do is create the keys and have someone like thawte sign them.  It is very
easy. 
-Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Mutch
To: Multiple recipients of list
Sent: 9/22/00 8:10 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Secure Web Pages with SSL on IIS

I'm creating an online form that will collect information from visitors,
some of
which needs to be protected.  How difficult is it to set up a secure
connection
to the web server?  We are using IIS 4.0 and it appears that IIS
supports SSL.
However, the little bit that I've read seems to indicate that you can
only set up
SSL on a web directory, not a single page.  If anyone out there is
familiar with
setting up SSL on IIS, could you please clarify this issue.  I would
prefer just
to use SSL on specific pages as opposed to an entire directory.

Alsom if you have anything else to add about setting up SSL or
alternatives to
SSL, I would appreciate that too!
Thanks!

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI