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Date:      03 Oct 2004 21:45:47 -1000
From:      Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com>
To:        Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Starting apache at boot with SSL.
Message-ID:  <1096875949.7103.7.camel@vaiosr7k.ozland>
In-Reply-To: <57637.145.221.24.40.1096874073.squirrel@145.221.24.40>
References:  <35BF716A-14B7-11D9-9E70-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> <415F1AA5.3080001@elvandar.org> <554B282C-14BE-11D9-9E70-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net>  <1096872134.2641.17.camel@vaiosr7k.ozland>  <57637.145.221.24.40.1096874073.squirrel@145.221.24.40>

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On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 21:14, Remko Lodder wrote:
> 
> > I chose to protect my SSL cert with a passphrase. This makes automatic
> > startup at boot impossible. I use FBSD 4.10, and apache would normally
> > start via a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.conf. I just made sure there
> > was
> 
> ehm this is not totally true, you can startup automatically by
> havnig a little script that does the following
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> echo '<passphrase>'

Not secure. My passphrase is not stored in cleartext anywhere except on
a piece of paper in a locked vault. That may be overkill for some
situations, but not mine.





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