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Overview A common issue after adding an SSL certificate is that your browser still shows your site as insecure. This most often happens because there are links on your page that still point to HTTP instead of HTTPS. For example, look at the following code to link an image. <img src=”http://www.example.com/images/pic_mountain.jpg” alt=”Mountain View”> Notice how Read More

How to disable RC4 cipher suite on an Apache server Checking the configuration with Qualys SSL Labs, the results page shows “This server accepts the RC4 cipher, which is weak. Grade capped to B.”This is a very common issue on old versions of Apache like 2.2.XSo, we need to disable the RC4 to avoid the Read More

Configure the Apache Server with SSL certificates 1. In order to use the key pair, the httpd.conf file will need to be updated. 2. In the Virtual Host section of the httpd.conf file, verify that you have the following 3 directives within this Virtual Host. Please add them if they are not present: SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/ssl/crt/public.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ssl/private/private.key Read More

Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Generation Instructions for Apache SSL Solution This document provides instructions for generating a Certificate Signing Request on Apache. If these instructions do not work for the server, either the vendor of the software or an organization that supports Apache be contacted. Step 1: Generate Private Key The OpenSSL package and is usually Read More