Unix Web Server Specifics
What web daemon (secure daemon) do you use? The primary web daemon is Apache and the secure daemon is Community Connexion Stronghold, the SSL-enable version of Apache. Many of the standard configurations are available to you here - just check Apache's documentation.
How do I password protect certain directories in my web? We have some documents on .htaccess available, but check back soon for a full tutorial.
What should I name my default document? The default document is the one that appears when you type either just the domain name (http://www.yourdomain.com) or a directory (http://www.yourdomain.com/directory). The names supported are: anything beginning with 'index' (index.htm, index.html, index.shtml, index.cgi, etc.) or home.htm or home.html.
How do I use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for secure transmission? It is quite simple to use our SSL capabilities here at Infopage . All that is necessary is email support@infopg .com and ask to have a secured directory setup on our secured server. You will need to upload your secured order form into this directory. Remember to also uploaoad your go to page "thank your page" for after they submit. After you have uploaded your pages place a link on your HTML documents from http:// to https://www.infopg .com/givendirectory/index.htm. Keep in mind, though, that you will using Infopage 's security certificate. This will bring up an unusual message in your browser that says the secure certificate belongs to Infopage services, or onw of our wholesalers; this is normal.
If don't like the fact that your secured pages start with https:/www.infopg.com then you can purchase your own certificate
Purchase your own certificate from a Certificate Authority such as Verisign or Thawte. The current cost for a Verisign certificate is $349 payable to Verisign; Thawte is only $125, but is only accepted by later browsers (Netscape 2.0+ and Internet Explorer 3.01+). The steps in this process are:
Fax or email a request to Infopage requesting that a key be generated. This will create a temporary certificate that is termed a Self-Signed Certificate. Basically, it says that you are guaranteeing who you are until the permanent certificate is finished. Most people utilize this for testing purposes. We will forward a copy of the request to you when we finish generating it.
First Contact our support department to produce you a A Key Pair from our servers. Then go to the appropriate Certificate Authority site and fill out the request for a Digital ID for your web server. You will have to paste the request into the form there. We are not providing a link to the specific page for Stronghold because they have been changing things at Verisign; just make sure you go to the portion for webmasters who are requesting a certificate and choose For Unix: Stronghold/Apache-SSL-US. or Micorsoft NT 4.0 IIS 3.0
When the Certificate Authority sends the final certificate, just forward a copy to support@infopg.com and the finished product will be installed.
Do you support server-side includes (SSI)? We do support SSI. You need to use the file extension .shtml when naming your documents and they should parse automatically.
Other customers can see the contents of my directories. Can I change the permissions? Not if you want them to be viewed by the Web user. The Apache web daemon operates as the username 'nobody', which is basically an unprivileged user. In order for you documents to be delivered to the web user, 'nobody' must be able to read them. This is ususally '644' for HTML, '755' for CGI programs, and '777' or '666' for files or directories that must be written to by 'nobody'.