Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:24:04 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: jan gestre <freebsd.ph@gmail.com> Cc: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: getting rid of apache passphrase Message-ID: <44B65784.9020309@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <a25afc300607130706n54129229i53b9e5c62878d2e2@mail.gmail.com> References: <a25afc300607130706n54129229i53b9e5c62878d2e2@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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