On Feb 14, 10:03 am, "phantom" <nob...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
> "Matthew" <matthewmille...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:7c9be0b5-e5d9-40fd-88d9-5e7e634e626c@d68g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hello -
>
> > I'm a newbie, so please bear with me if I ask dumb questions. I want
> > to
> > set up an https connection between my web server & its clients. I
> > created my
> > own certificates and setup apache but when a client browser connects
> > with
> >https://mydomain.com, a window pops up 'Website Certified by Unknown
> > Authority" and I'm
> > prompted on whether to accept the certificate. I must have done
> > something wrong,
> > but I'm stumped. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Below are my
> > steps.
>
> > # Create Root CA certificate/key
> > openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa -out cacert.pem -outform PEM
> > (CN used was ROOT CA)
>
> Import the root ca certificate (ca.crt) into the client's browser as a
> trusted root certification authority, that *should* get rid of the "'Website
> Certified by Unknown Authority" warning.


Thank you. I imported my root CA certificate into the clients browser
and the "Unknown Authority" warning went away. Groovy!!