[WEB4LIB] RE: Secure Web Pages with SSL on IIS

[Bryan Davidson]

I would be interested in hearing about how to set up a secure web connection
as well.
We are also running IIS and have a need for a secure directory, but we are
not quite
sure how to set one up.

Thanks
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Bryan H. Davidson
Electronic Products Librarian / Webmaster
University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville
Ph. 501-575-4665


----- Original Message -----
From: "Pecaut, Mark J." <PecautM at missouri.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 9:13 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Secure Web Pages with SSL on IIS


> 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