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Use this tool to generate all the necessary codes needed to password protect a directory or selects files within it on your site via .htaccess. It encrypts the desired passwords, then outputs the corresponding codes to put inside your .htaccess and .htpasswd files.

This is a detailed description about the steps to be taken to setup a SUSE 9.3 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.). In addition to that I will show how to use Debian's package manager apt on an rpm-based system because it takes care of package dependencies automagically which can save a lot of trouble.

a good article about SSL and Apache 2

the mod_ssl website

This lesson covers how to configure SSL/TLS support for Apache. This enables sensitive information that flows between browsers and servers, such as credit card numbers, to travel securely and not be accessible by malicious third parties. The lesson starts with an overview of SSL and its cryptographic foundations and continues with step by step configuration of SSL certificates and the mod_ssl Apache module.

an apache fork to allow multiple virtual hosts with ssl encryption

An apache module to protect web application