From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 13 14:24:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B8016A4E9 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:24:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C38DB43D49 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:24:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EA1F60E4; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:24:17 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id LB4aq8ZX2M8Y; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:24:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.251] (pool-68-161-117-245.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.117.245]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EAE65D3A; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:24:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <44B65784.9020309@mac.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:24:04 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jan gestre References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Re: getting rid of apache passphrase X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:24:18 -0000 jan gestre wrote: > just want to ask if getting rid of the apache passphrase poses a security > threat, i don't want the company i worked for calling me up everytime they > cant access the webserver because the server is asking for the passphrase > everytime the box restarts du to power failure. Presumably you're talking about an Apache server using SSL where the SSL key requires a password? Requiring a human to enter the password is more secure, but if you want the system to reboot without manual intervention, you'll have to remove the password or put it into a script... -- -Chuck