Re: IBM Navigator for i web site - certificate errors

[Raul A Jager W <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you replace the old certificate with a "self signed one?

You will get secure communications, the only problem is that the browser
will ask you if you can trust this certificate.

On 07/18/2016 09:30 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:
> While we "should" be using SSL for everything we aren't.  For example we 
> still allow regular telnet and I even recently posted how amazingly simple 
> it is to trap passwords when you do this.
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201607/msg00155.html
>
> I'm rather on the fence on this.  On one hand, I hate to open even more 
> security holes.  On the other hand, if I was locked out because of this I 
> would be extremely frustrated.  The problem is that many emergency "let's 
> just change it temporarily until I get past this hurdle" remain permanent.
>
> I guess if someone wants to run through the neighborhood with their 
> knickers around their ankles that's their business.  Just as long as it 
> doesn't give the platform a bad name by people thinking it's full of holes 
> when it's really bad administration that's full of (something).
>
> There's already some items in Navigator which blow past other security. 
> Such as:
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201606/msg00401.html
>
>
> Rob Berendt