certificates

This article will guide you through the entire process of setting up a secure website using SSL and digital certificates. This guide assumes that you already have a fully functional (and configured) server running Apache, BIND, and OpenSSL. Just as a side note, this guide was written based on a Fedora Core 6 distribution, but should be the same for most other distros out there.

This is a HOWTO on creating your own certification authority (CA) with OpenSSL.

A nice faq of modssl. Has instructions on creating dummy ssl certs for testing.