<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 26/06/10 21:40, Tom Sparks wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:246372.17106.qm@web36403.mail.mud.yahoo.com" type="cite">  --- On Sat, 26/6/10, Morgan Storey <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:me@morganstorey.com"><me@morganstorey.com></a> wrote: <blockquote>I agree with tunnelling VNC and rsync over SSH. Some other ideas; you could also tunnel the web interface over ssh, but it is not always do-able. You could also look at using https with ssl/tls on the Apache install and use certificate based authentication with a password still on the site. </blockquote> do you know of an CA ( certificate authority ) that dose NOT charge like a wounded bull :) </blockquote> If the mythtv installation is only for your use, there is no need to use a commercial CA.  You can simply create a key and certificate yourself and trust the self-signed certificate with your browser. Paul </body> </html>