Windows server web hosting

[striperman36]

the cert is issued for the dns name, have you looked at the cert in a viewer?
No reason you shouldn't be able to move the cert file to another machine, I do it all the time.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by striperman36

the cert is issued for the dns name, have you looked at the cert in a viewer?
No reason you shouldn't be able to move the cert file to another machine, I do it all the time.

Cert is attached to a name and a static IP which won't move. Easiest is to get a new cert - they are cheap.

[striperman36]

I move my certs to different ips

Nothing in the cert is tied to a specific ip address

http://www.webpipe.net/howto/Create_ssl_certificate

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by striperman36

I move my certs to different ips

Internal certs or external SSL? You can export them from the server holding it IIRC but you need to do that before going to the next box. I don't believe you can reapply the old cert to the new box (defeats the purpose, eh). I've been fortunat that I've only updated the same box or created new - never had the need to export/import a cert

[striperman36]

SSL Certs
in most cases, I move the cert to a VIP in front of the box, offload
We normally use our RSA certs, as long as it is the same dns name we don't get screwed.

Generating a Certificate Signing Request (or CSR) takes necessary information from your key, and adds information about your web site and your company that will be used to create your certificate.
The "common name" prompt will be the name of the site that your SSL Certificate will be used on. You should pick this carefuly, because the certificate can only be used on this name. For example, if you type "www.webpipe.net", it will not work properly on "webpipe.net".