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Not exactly. What would happen is the web browser would see that the date of the certificate has expired and 'warn' the user about it. So.. things will still remain encrypted, although the certificate has expired? thanks

Hello y'all I am trying to learn more about SSL certificates, how to generate them and how to implement them. One of the things I am not quite sure as I was reading the different tutorial on the internet... If I generate a certificate for instance on debian and I set the validity to 999 days for instance... would that mean that in three years, if I did not renew the certificate, the browser (in case of accessing my webserver "https") will not be able to connect to the server with an expired certificate? right? so i can generate a certificate and then keeping renewing it or can it renew itself automatically! Please note that I am talking about self-generated certificates, I do not want to have to buy, I am ok with the browser warning me everything. Thanks lads

well see... I always though, one network card, one IP address so in case you've got multiple address, which IP the network card that is connected to the DSL box gets? all of them... sorry I am just confused... this is new for me

So if i get two external IP and wants to redirect them to my webserver at home... i will just do a Port Translation on the firewall... so IP: 80.80.80.80 .. port 80 ... redirected to 192.168.1.2 and IP: 90.90.90.90 port 80 .... redirected to 192.168.1.2 i use IPCOP... can it host more than one ip?

Hey guys! was just wondering, is it possible to have more than one static public IP address with DSL - or do u need cable for that? sorry i know it's a pretty stupid question, sorry :oops:

Hello everybody! Late Merry Christmas to all :-D I have a question regarding which option to choose in order to gain access to files shared through Samba at home. First, I though of VSFTP, so just simple FTP, which I can log remotely and access the file! Then, searching more, I have read of SFTP using SSH tunneling - that seems way more secure than FTP already! Then, looking at which firewall to use, I came across on this forum of the distro M0n0wall which supports OpenVPN. Two options then, PPTP and IPSEC!http://www.google.fr/ So which one to choose? more actually between SFTP or VPN? if I choose VPN, coz in a sense that gives more freedom, like printing on my printer at home, rather than just accessing files.... so.. if I choose VPN, do i go with PPTP or IPSEC! I have not find any free client yet for IPSEC for windows, neither for Linux... thx for helping me out! much love to you all

So would you guys consider m0n0wall to be a good firewall? anyone has tried to the PPTP VPN access?! is that secure, can I trust it to access my stuff from some remote place? would it be encrypted!? better than opening FTP to access my files at home, right?

Alright guys! Thank you so much for taking your time to answer all my questions! I really appreciate the support! thanks

Alright... I will give it a try and I'll see... otherwise I will then fall back to Centos... I have no experience in BSD, more in linux... would that be of a heck to switch from linux to BSD?

so... is it like a server runs faster under OpenBSD and bit slower with the others?!

This is my config - MB: Asus P5WD2 Premium CPU: Pentium D and a SATA II- Hdd so do you think OpenBSD can support the hardware?

what do you mean by "cack IMO"! I am tempting to go with BSD, but not sure there hardware support is great! u know NetBSD? thx man

Hello everybody This is my first time posting, and I just wanted to ask, why is Ubuntu taken for granted when it comes to be used on a server? As far as supporting new hardwares and so on... it beats debian. In any case, would you use Ubuntu server edition as your server os? or would u rather go for Centos or a redhat based? thank you very much guys! you all rocks! love the forum and the community