Some details for SSL

Some good websites :

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SSL-Certificates-HOWTO/x64.html

http://www.dylanbeattie.net/docs/openssl_iis_ssl_howto.html

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~brams006/selfsign.html

DSA and RSA Cert Generation:
http://www.vscape.com/wiki/opensource/vssl/openssl_certs

http://security.ncsa.uiuc.edu/research/grid-howtos/usefulopenssl.php