Graham Christensen

SSL, that oh so incredibly confusing and distorted system for encryption between servers… oh how I loath thee. I’ve found myself setting up another server, and with that server comes a new set of SSL certificates for the various daemons – SMTP, IMAP, POP, Apache… You name it, I’ve probably had to set it up at one point or another. The hard part, though, is every time I have to do it again – I end up searching the internet, trying haphazardly everything I can get my hands on to do it right. Boy is it exhausting to not have anything succeed while you’re trying to get something done, so for me – and all of your enjoyment – I have documented my SSL-ventures herein.

A conversation between Christine and I (prompted by her mother and she) prompted me to think about why school hasn’t captured my attention, like so many expect it should, and I came up with this: I don’t generally set goals that are related to school because school has failed me, and I shall candidly offer [...]