Back in September, I set up web
authentication via signed certificates but it was primarily a manual
process. After creating the certificate authority (and installing the
certificate authority into my browser so it wouldn't complain), I then
generated a certificate request (on the command line), signed the request
(on the command line) and installed the freshly signed certificate into my
browser, so I could use that certificate to authenticate myself to my
webserver.
If that makes any sense.
Anyway, it is possible to have this handled automagically
between the browser and webserver, but sadly, there isn't much
information out there about doing so. I only found three pages with any
real information; two cover the same material, and one just covers part of
the openssl command required to work with this stuff.
And of course, it doesn't work with IE (thank you so much, Microsoft).
You have my permission to link freely to any entry here. Go
ahead, I won't bite. I promise.
The dates are the permanent links to that day's entries (or
entry, if there is only one entry). The titles are the permanent
links to that entry only. The format for the links are
simple: Start with the base link for this site: https://boston.conman.org/, then add the date you are
interested in, say 2000/08/01,
so that would make the final URL:
https://boston.conman.org/2000/08/01
You can also specify the entire month by leaving off the day
portion. You can even select an arbitrary portion of time.
You may also note subtle shading of the links and that's
intentional: the “closer” the link is (relative to the
page) the “brighter” it appears. It's an experiment in
using color shading to denote the distance a link is from here. If
you don't notice it, don't worry; it's not all that
important.
It is assumed that every brand name, slogan, corporate name,
symbol, design element, et cetera mentioned in these pages is a
protected and/or trademarked entity, the sole property of its
owner(s), and acknowledgement of this status is implied.
