want to create and install private key certificate using openssl

My host uses apache 1.3 and openssl. I have read an article about
"assymetric encryption." My understanding of it is:
- using the server sertificate, you generate a private cert for a particular
user
- you export that private cert to a file and somehow install it on the user
browser

This allows you to:
- encrypt data using the server certificate
- ONLY the user(s) with private certs generated from that server cert can
read it

I am VERY interested in this and the book I read has some PHP code but it's
in PHP5 and I still use version 4.3.

I would very much appreciate any links, readings, or explanations on a step
by step how to , on how to implement this - including how to export the
privtae certs to a browser.

Many thanks!!

Notgiven wrote:

> My host uses apache 1.3 and openssl. I have read an article about
> "assymetric encryption." My understanding of it is:
<snip>
> I would very much appreciate any links, readings, or explanations on a
> step by step how to , on how to implement this - including how to export
> the privtae certs to a browser.
>
Hello

I think you should read more about PKI before actually trying to configure
apache.
Try to google "PKI basics", that should lead you to the right direction.

BR
Kimmo

Notgiven wrote:

> My host uses apache 1.3 and openssl. I have read an article about
> "assymetric encryption."
Read more than one article.
<snip>
>
> This allows you to:
> - encrypt data using the server certificate
> - ONLY the user(s) with private certs generated from that server cert can
> read it

No not really.
<snip>
> I would very much appreciate any links, readings, or explanations on a
> step by step how to , on how to implement this - including how to export
> the privtae certs to a browser.
>
The SSL certificates HOWTO might be useful, but you still need to find out
how SSL and certificates work.

C.