OpenSSL

It's needed for pretty much everything that uses SSL. For example, SSH. Apache over SSL (HTTPS), SMTP, and POP3 can use it.

If you are wondering if you should remove it, the answer is most likely no :)

Kenny

hehe no, it didnt come installed on the debian distro. i've been ssh'ing for some time without it installed. I just installed it now.

anyone know of a howto out there that guides you through installing/configuring ssl certificates and getting them to work with apache? i've installed openssl but i'm not sure if thats the only package i need installed… maybe configure apache with mod_ssl? Thanks.

http://www.apache-ssl.org

http://raibledesigns.com/tomcat/ssl-howto.html

Dunno how useful those sites are.

For cheap CAs and cert info:

http://www.whichssl.org/

http://www.rackshack.net/english/quickssldetails.asp

http://www.freessl.com/

http://www.instantssl.com/

Don't forget about http://www.modssl.org/

Here is their HowTo section

http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.8/ssl_howto.html#ToC7

-Chris