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Peter Mortensen
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Are self-signed sslSSL certificates secure?

I am pretty new to the web world.

One thing I want to have isa secure connection, when I log into my webmail, phpmyadminphpMyAdmin, etc.

Therefore I signed my own sslSSL certificates with opensslOpenSSL and told apacheApache to listen on port 443.

Now I was wondering ifIs this in fact is secure? Are all my passwords really sent through a safe and secure layer? What difference does it make, if aI buy a sslan SSL certificate from verisignVerisign or sign my own one? At the end of the day, all data will be on my server anyway. So what is the big difference?

Thanks for clarifying!

Are self-signed ssl certificates secure?

I am pretty new to the web world.

One thing I want to have is secure connection, when I log into my webmail, phpmyadmin etc.

Therefore I signed my own ssl certificates with openssl and told apache to listen on 443.

Now I was wondering if this in fact is secure? Are all my passwords really sent through a safe and secure layer? What difference does it make, if a buy a ssl certificate from verisign or sign my own one? At the end of the day, all data will be on my server anyway. So what is the big difference?

Thanks for clarifying!

Are self-signed SSL certificates secure?

I want to have a secure connection, when I log into my webmail, phpMyAdmin, etc.

Therefore I signed my own SSL certificates with OpenSSL and told Apache to listen on port 443.

Is this in fact secure? Are all my passwords really sent through a safe and secure layer? What difference does it make, if I buy an SSL certificate from Verisign or sign my own one? At the end of the day, all data will be on my server anyway. So what is the big difference?

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Are self-signed ssl certificates secure?

I am pretty new to the web world.

One thing I want to have is secure connection, when I log into my webmail, phpmyadmin etc.

Therefore I signed my own ssl certificates with openssl and told apache to listen on 443.

Now I was wondering if this in fact is secure? Are all my passwords really sent through a safe and secure layer? What difference does it make, if a buy a ssl certificate from verisign or sign my own one? At the end of the day, all data will be on my server anyway. So what is the big difference?

Thanks for clarifying!