adding the "s" to the end of http

[Phazedplasma]

I'm running an apache server on redhat 9 that i would like to secure.... do i need to implement SSL/TLS to get that s to show up or am i making things harder than they really are?

 

[movax]

There are a lot of tuts on setting up SSL for your site...basically, you either have to purchase a SSL cert from someone like Verisign (recommended if you're a merchant) or make a selfsigned cert using tools from OpenSSL or similar.

 

[ameoba]

Yes. It's not just an 's' - https runs a different protocol than HTTP (not too much different, it just establishes the secure connection over SSL rather than plain TCP sockets before talking normal HTTP).

 

[Xipher]

depending on what verison of apache you might have to grab the ssl module and install it. After that tell apache to use the ssl module, listen to the right port (443 I think for https), and were your cert is at.