[Discuss] [BLU/Officers] update instructions for key signing

Dan Ritter dsr at randomstring.org
Mon Sep 17 11:27:43 EDT 2018


On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 11:05:48AM -0400, Bill Horne wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> I've got a question about GPG, or actually about PKI in general.
> 
> Since my browser now flags non-https sites as "Unsecure," I'd like to know
> how to generate a key to put in my Apache setup which will swing the
> padlocks shut. I know that it won't be "valid" unless I import the key into
> my browser, but that's a one-time effort and will stop the "unsecure"
> messages when I ask people to visit my websites.
> 
> Also, if possible, I'd like to be able to pass out keys for users to use in
> lieu of passwords to access secured areas.
> 
> Please tell me how to go about that, and thanks in advance.

The easiest and best thing to do is to get SSL certs from Let's
Encrypt.

Everything else is worse and harder.

-dsr-



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