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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!insync!news.hal-pc.org!usenet From: jhupp@gensys.com (Jeff Hupp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Netscape Commerce Server on FreeBSD vs BSDI? Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 04:43:35 GMT Organization: Gensys Technologies Lines: 44 Message-ID: <49godv$24g@news.hal-pc.org> References: <49g2hp$i6q@tampa2.is.ge.com> Reply-To: jhupp@gensys.com NNTP-Posting-Host: blue.gensys.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9424 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1549 jrs@tampa2.is.ge.com (Jim Smithson) wrote: :I started the discussion on the Netscape group netscape.test-drive :>From: "Ermine (Matt Ouimette)" <ermine@netscape.com> :>Organization: Netscape Communications Corporation :> :>Jim Smithson wrote: :>> :>> This discussion started in thread: Disparity in UNIX and NT Server Pricing :>> :>> "Ermine (Matt Ouimette) <ermine@netscape.com>" wrote: :>> >We do not support running the Netscape Commerce server on FreeBSD, :>> >although we do have a version for BSDI. :>> :>> I am running commerce server on FreeBSD 2.0.5 (using the BSDI code) but have :>> not yet activated the security(https) code yet. :>> I know unsupported means unsupported by Netscape, but does anyone else(outside :>> of Netscape) use the commerce server security features on a FreeBSD box? :>> :>> Jim Smithson jrs@is.ge.com :> :>I just spoke with an ISP that is using the same setup (FreeBSD with the :>BSDI server) - they are unable to generate their secure key due to OS :>incompatibilities. THIS is why it's best to use the suggested server on :>the suggested OS. :) :>-- :>Matt Ouimette, Tech Support # "It may be great to soar with :>Netscape Communications Corporation # The eagles, but you never :>http://home.netscape.com/ # see a weasel getting sucked :>415-528-2841 Ermine! # into a jet engine, now do you?" :> :So guys the question is: What are the OS "incompatibilities" that prevent :one from generating their secure key? Nothing that I can think of. In fact, if have generated a key pair with the commerce server code (BSDI version) running on FreeBSD. -- Jeff Hupp <jhupp@gensys.com> <http://gensys.com/>