RE: [cobalt-developers] Equifax cert problems!

["Michael Hooper" <designcompany@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello cobalt-developers,

Has anyone out there been successful installing an equifax secure cert
on  a RAQ 4 for a virtual site?

Part  of the problem, no doubt, is that equifax's instructions contain
at  least  one mistake. For example, in their provided instructions to
install their root file (not the site's cert), they say:

"Save  the  Equifax  Secure  eBusiness  CA-2 certificate (using a text
editor)   as   "equifaxca2"  or  "ca"  Be  sure  to  include  ---BEGIN
CERTIFICATE--- and ---END CERTIFICATE---".

Well,  their  root  file,  when edited with a text file, contains only
non-intelligible  data,  and certainly no "---BEGIN CERTIFICATE--- and
---END CERTIFICATE---"

Anyway,  after  pasting  the  site's new cert over the cert request, I
installed  equifax's  root  file  in  the  virtual site's directory as
instructed:

    /home/sites/site##/certs/equifaxca2

I also added this line to the httpd.conf, per the instructions:

$PerlConfig .= "SSLCACertificateFile/home/sites/$group/certs/equifaxca2\n";

Now, I get this error when I restart the webserver:

'/home/sites/site1/ certs/equifaxca2' not exists or empty

Well,  site  1  is  not  supposed  to be using an equifax secure cert,
another virtual site is. (site 1 just uses a self-signed cert).

Any  ideas?  I've left three messages on the Equifax support line over
the last two weeks, and have yet to get a call back.

Sorry for the long winded post, but I am pulling my hair out!

--
Thank You...

mike
mailto:jns-michael@xxxxxxxx



Just installed my first one yesterday.

I believe the instructions tell you to telnet in as root, and move the
Equifax Secure eBusiness certificate named "equifaxca2" or "ca" to
/etc/httpd/conf/ directory
Then, in the httpd.conf file (after making a backup) uncomment the line
#SSLCACertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/equifaxca2 or ca

Then restart Apache
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

Mike