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Generate SSL certificate on ReadyNAS 100 Series RN10200
How can I (re)generate the SSL certificate under OS6. I have changed the IP address for the SSL Key Host on the admin page for system/settings/services and succesfully applied the change. However the ...
Fair enough, I agree IE is not the preferred browser on windows. Firefox used to be my preference to, however now a days I tend to use Chrome more often. Bookmarks also works fine for me, however for less experienced users, the desktop icon can be helpful (as it is for my father, who I'm helping to install and use this RN102 unit).
The solution of Fire Fox seems practicle and could be secure if you indeed are aware of what exception your are ignoring. I'd say it would work for me too, because like you, I understand the content of the exception and can identify a man in the middle attack. Though for me to feel comfortable ignoring the exception by default, I would like to know for sure that when the condition for this exception would change (hence a man in the middel attack is apllied for server with a previously ignored exception) and that firefox would come back to me, stating that something has changed and not just goes on ignoring it.
Assuming I understand your DDNS scenario, you could consider installing a reverse http proxy on the main IP with a name based virtual host to route the traffic. Allowing you to map different urls to a common main url using the different ports you assigneed. Then again, since you're happy with the firefox solution, it's probably not worth the trouble for you ;)
Here is how you can do it with apache, almost any http server can do it,
Listen IP_ADDR:80
NameVirtualHost IP_ADDR:80
<VirtualHost IP_ADDR:80>
ServerName yourname.yourdomain
ProxyPass / http://localhost:10000/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:10000/
</VirtualHost>
The solution of Fire Fox seems practicle and could be secure if you indeed are aware of what exception your are ignoring. I'd say it would work for me too, because like you, I understand the content of the exception and can identify a man in the middle attack. Though for me to feel comfortable ignoring the exception by default, I would like to know for sure that when the condition for this exception would change (hence a man in the middel attack is apllied for server with a previously ignored exception) and that firefox would come back to me, stating that something has changed and not just goes on ignoring it.
Assuming I understand your DDNS scenario, you could consider installing a reverse http proxy on the main IP with a name based virtual host to route the traffic. Allowing you to map different urls to a common main url using the different ports you assigneed. Then again, since you're happy with the firefox solution, it's probably not worth the trouble for you ;)
Here is how you can do it with apache, almost any http server can do it,
Listen IP_ADDR:80
NameVirtualHost IP_ADDR:80
<VirtualHost IP_ADDR:80>
ServerName yourname.yourdomain
ProxyPass / http://localhost:10000/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:10000/
</VirtualHost>
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