SoftwareDo I need ca-certificates on my server?

  

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)   10 Apr 2014 15:45 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)       4 of 8 
41025.4 In reply to 41025.3 
I don't know, sorry. That's a side of things I know absolutely fuck all about.

My *guess* would be that, given that it's a staging thing and I don't suppose many people will be using it, get everyone who uses it to add a security exception? And maybe self-sign as a little tiny bit of protection.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)    10 Apr 2014 15:52 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      5 of 8 
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It's not a certificate for my server (which I don't run https on), it's a bunch of certificates that mostly appear to be for online transactions (e.g. thawte, a bunch of banks &ct). *I guess*

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates

"PEM files of CA certificates to allow SSL-based applications to check for the authenticity of SSL connections."

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)   10 Apr 2014 16:10 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)       6 of 8 
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You can still self-sign. But yeah, whether it'll actually work is another matter. But then I guess you don't actually need that part to work so...?
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 From:  Matt   10 Apr 2014 16:36 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)       7 of 8 
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You want them. CA Certificates are those used by the certificate vendors to verify other SSL certificates, they're not just used for HTTPS but lots of other SSL transports. Without up to date CA certificates your ability to communicate securely over SSL is as good as non existent.

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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)    10 Apr 2014 17:00 
 To:  Matt      8 of 8 
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OK, thanks. I can't remember if they were onboard the original ubuntu server installation, a package dependency, or I deliberately installed them. Maybe they're using stronger encryption, which could explain why they seemed so slow today. Apparently they're not updated very frequently.

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