Using SSL with Webmin

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If you need extra security, Webmin can use SSL to secure connections between your web browser and the Webmin server. However, this depends on the Perl Net::SSLeay module, which in turn depends on the OpenSSL C libraries. Currently neither are included in the Webmin distribution, but can be downloaded from :

OpenSSL C library, version 0.9.4: openssl-0.9.4.tar.gz
OpenSSL home page
SSLeay Perl module, version 1.05: Net_SSLeay.pm-1.05.tar.gz
CPAN perl module archive

After downloading, you must first compile and install the OpenSSL C library, and then compile and install the SSLeay Perl module. Then install Webmin and answer y when it asks if you want to use SSL.

This page used to link to the SSLeay C library and an older version of Net::SSLeay, but as development of SSLeay has been discontinued I now recommend using OpenSSL instead. The versions linked to above were the latest when this was written and appear to work fine, but later versions may be available from the OpenSSL homepage or CPAN.

Warning - if you enable SSL support in Webmin, your browser must also support SSL (such as Netscape and IE). If not, you will not be able to access the Webmin server. If there is a firewall or proxy between the machine you are running your browser on and the Webmin server, check that it allows SSL requests to pass through as well.

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