[cobalt-security] purchasing a secure certificate from Thawte

["Brian Baggett" <bbaggett@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm following the instructions in the RaQ3 manual for setting up SSL using
an externally authenticated digital certificate and I don't see any mention
of my private key.  However, Thawte makes it sound like my life will end if
I don't have a secure back up of this thingy.  Quote from Thawte's site,

"Please make sure that you have a backup of your private key, and that you
know the passphrase that protects it. Your certificate will not work without
the private key, and we cannot simply reissue your certificate if your key
is lost or corrupted, or if you can't remember the passphrase. Protecting
your private key is your primary responsibility if you want to conduct
business online. Your private key is like a company stamp."

I assume that this is all handled under the covers by the RaQ3's GUI program
and Cobalt doesn't mention it because they want to keep things simple (on
the surface anyway).  Should I just press on with the instructions from the
RaQ's user manual or should I be more concerned about finding and backing up
my private key?  Is it secure enough in the default location?

Thanks in advance,
Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: Thescripter@xxxxxxx [mailto:Thescripter@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:28 AM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] DNS-Entry via CGI-Script... again.


Hi! You can automate this step by doing:
system("/etc/rc.d/init.d/named restart");

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