laurie warren laurieprimalucdavisedu trying secure three four virtual hostnames apache server taking credit card orders users personal information merely hoping secure email calendar web transactions users running secure applications root host testing week ca client host certificate requests certificates keys think fairly good beginners grasp commands command line options questions 1 necessary create ca certificate secure virtual hosts one ca certificate root used sign keys three common names trying secure 2 even though root host conducting secure transactions correct configuring server cacertificatefile main body httpsdconf setting cacertificatefile virtual host section httpsdconf sort assumes answer 1 need ca virtual host 3 necessary create client certificate distribute users sufficient ca certificate server certificate virtual hosts wouldnt client certificate necessary trying verify clients identity would good idea given scenario thanks advance help ______________________________________________________________________ openssl project httpwwwopensslorg user support mailing list opensslusersopensslorg automated list manager majordomoopensslorg fri 13 sep 2002 160747 0700 securing multiple virtual hosts