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Transport Layer Security (TLS) and formerly Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) are both often referred to as SSL and allow encrypted communications over computer networks. It is important to use encryption when sending any sensitive information, such as passwords, over the internet. However, even if not sending sensitive information, encrypting the data sent from the web server to the client will prevent third parties from intercepting the data and modifying it before it continues on to the client. In almost all situations, it is a good idea to use SSL certificates to encrypt data transmitted to and from a web server over the | Transport Layer Security (TLS) and formerly Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) are both often referred to as SSL and allow encrypted communications over computer networks. It is important to use encryption when sending any sensitive information, such as passwords, over the internet. However, even if not sending sensitive information, encrypting the data sent from the web server to the client will prevent third parties from intercepting the data and modifying it before it continues on to the client. In almost all situations, it is a good idea to use SSL certificates to encrypt data transmitted to and from a web server over the internet. | ||
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<li><b>Activate the SSL module</b><br/> | <li><b>Activate the SSL module</b><br/> | ||
Once Apache has been installed (see [[ | Once Apache has been installed (see [[Creating_a_web_server_on_a_cloud#Install_Apache2 | Installing Apache]]) the SSL module must be enabled with{{Commands|sudo a2enmod ssl|sudo service apache2 restart}} | ||
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<li><b>Create a self-signed SSL certificate</b>{{Command| sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/server.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt}} | <li><b>Create a self-signed SSL certificate</b>{{Command| sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/server.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt}} | ||