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Asked: 2026-05-11T00:43:33+00:00

A while ago, I set up my company’s local (non-internet) client database on my

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A while ago, I set up my company’s local (non-internet) client database on my domain server, using Apache and PHP/MySQL.

I recently decided to set it up to use an SSL connection rather than a standard HTTP connection. (I know, I should have from the beginning, but that’s another matter).

I’ve set up my server and my certificate successfully, but due to me being cheap and not paying a ‘certified’ SSL signer, IE pops up an annoying dialog about not being a valid certificate. I’ve figured out how to add the certificate on a single computer (see: http://www.99main.com/webmail-ssl-ie.shtml), but I have about 10 computers and don’t want to install it for each user (I am only on site about 6-7 times a year, and usually not during business hours, so I can’t guide each user).

So what I am wondering is how to make it so that IE does not pop up a dialog saying that my certificate isn’t signed by a reliable authority, without visiting (physically) each computer. The way I feel is the most promising is importing the certificate using a command line script or reg-hack. Of course, I am welcoming any other method of accomplishing my goal (is there a way to fake a certified signing authority?, etc.)

If that is not possible, is there a way to register the certificate for all accounts on a computer (those that have signed in or not).

Thanks, Brian

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  1. Installing the SSL certificate via the Website is definitely not possible and that’s a good thing.

    If you’re PCs are structured in a Domain, then you can probably do this via a Group Policy, ‘though.

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