Thanks for ur quick reply really appreciate regards simon >> -----Original Message----- >> From: simon@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:22 AM >> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: apache query >> >> >> Dear All, >> >> I have squirrelmail webmail server running with >> httpd-2.0.40-8 and would >> like to use now https or ssl for security issues. >> >> how do i check first if my apache server can be used to serve >> https and if >> not how can i enable https .. > > You don't say which OS... I assume unix/linux. > > You first need to know if mod_ssl has been compiled for your server. Go > to the apace root directory (eg, /usr/local/apache2) and do: > > bin/httpd -l > > Look for mod_ssl in the output. If you find it, it's compiled in so you > can just use SSL directives in the config (see later) > > If not, look in the modules directory; if mod_ssl.c is listed there, > then it's available as a loadable object. > > If neither, you need to compile it. > > Then you need to google "setup ssl apache" and read some of the > tutorials. > > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > >> >> apprecite your help >> \ >> thnaks >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP >> Server Project. >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No > confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If > you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and > then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. > Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must > not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any > part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's > company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through > their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the > individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the > sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's > company. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx