16.9. SSL
Implementing an SSL certificate on your server to encrypt traffic on Mac OS X Server is an essential security precaution to take if you are going to enable most any service (especially for mail, web and collaborative services). If you want to purchase a certificate rather than use a self-signed certificate (including the one installed by default), open the Keychain Access tool from /System/Library/Core Services and then from the Keychain Access menu, click on Certificate and then click Request Signed Certificate from a CA, which you can see in Figure 16-32. This will give you a text string that is then pasted into a CGI form with Thawte (or the CA that is issuing the SSL Certificate).
Figure 16-32. Certificate information
Once your ...
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