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title: running on ssl
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date: 08.09.2011 00:31
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Even though the [SSL][] and [CA][] system is totally broken right now, I finally got my blog as well as my [etherpad][] served over SSL:
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* [https://fnordig.de][https]
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* [https://pad.fnordig.de][pad]
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My SSL certificate is signed by [cacert][] (they approved me at last year's FrOSCon).
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If you're using nginx, all you need to do is adding the following lines to your config:
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listen 443 ssl;
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ssl_certificate /path/to/your/cert.pem;
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ssl_certificate_key /path/to/your/key.pem;
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{:lang="text"}
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If you followed some of the latest news around the scene, you probably heard of the [diginotar debacle][diginotar]. This should make clear how broken the system is and how unsecure these SSL certificates can be with all those CAs around.
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For more information on the CA system and how it could be replaced by a more robust and secure infrastructure watch [SSL And The Future Of Authenticity][blackhat] by [Moxie Marlinspike][moxie] from this year's Blackhat Conference.
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[cacert]: http://www.cacert.org/
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[ssl]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer
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[blackhat]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Wl2FW2TcA
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[diginotar]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/diginotar-debacle-and-what-you-should-do-about-it
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[ca]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority
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[etherpad]: https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite
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[pad]: https://pad.fnordig.de/
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[https]: https://fnordig.de/
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[moxie]: http://www.thoughtcrime.org/
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