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Old 7th August 2014
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Default Google (Tm) testing ranking websites higher w/SSL

Hi Folks
Will be looking into using SSL cert for our web severs.
We use Apache (chrooted) with (of course OpenBSD). for several
static websites.

Question:
For those of you using Apache (chrooted) [yes, i know NGINX is going to be the default soon]. Have any of you encountered problems while following the instructions for SSL server certificate RSA or DSA generation in ssl(8) for httpd Apache? Not having done this before and on production servers i am somewhat cautious.

As usual Thanks in Advance.
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I've never had difficulty generating X.509 server certificates when following the instructions in the ssl(8) man page as general guidance. The process is the same regardless what web server you use. (I haven't used Apache in a number of years.)

I've found the openssl(1) man page far more daunting. The program does too many things, and those things it does do seem to be done in too many different ways.

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It's pretty straightforward. Not sure how Google (we used to not be evil) will deal with self-signed certs, which will give various errors with various browsers. Will they also get lower ratings than ones that use paid for certs? I'm not sure how much certs cost these days for individuals.
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Self-signed certificates are primarily used for testing or personal sites, and are not designed for public-facing servers. Self-signed certificates, by design, are not issued by any Certificate Authority ("CA").

If a browser does not have a clear chain of trust from a trusted root CA through to the issuing CA, it will alert the user that the server is supplying an untrusted certificate.
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What I meant is, Will google treat self-signed cert sites as if they were not SSL encrypted, that is, giving them a lower rating?
Although, if SEO does matter to you, then my question is really superfluous, a site concerned about such things will have to use a CA.
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Thanks. If I recall correctly frcc supports clients with a public facing server.
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Default Google (Tm) testing ranking websites higher w/SSL

Yes, the question did relate to frcc sites facing the public.

I obviously overlooked the fact that Google(Tm) probably does rate self
certificates lower, (defeating the intent for self cert)

In fact a client's browser (mentioned above) would probably issue a warning for self generated certs
raising more alarm than none.

The question was generated to collect comments for problems encountered
when doing this on a production server for the first time. I now see the
process is straight forward. One would simply have to replace the self generated cert with
one from a CA per ssl(8). Just a matter of cost/benefit.

Thankyou

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