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iis security : SSL for subdomain?


hohans NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com
3/6/2004 1:01:17 AM
I have a site, say www.mysite.com with SSL cert installed. I would
like to have a subdomain, say shop.mysite.com, that can use the same
SSL cert. The subdomain physically points to a sub-directory of the
doc root of www.mysite.com. Is this possibly to be done? Is it true
that once the SSL is issued, it has to be tied to exact site like
"www.mysite.com"? Any advice will be very appreciated!

yonlinemanghn NO[at]SPAM online.microsoft.com
3/10/2004 1:13:37 AM
Hello Hans,
Is the subdomain shop.mysite.com a virtual directory underneath the site
www.mysite.com? If yes, then you cannot bind a certificate to it- you can
install certificates only on web sites. You can create a new site for
shop.mysite.com and have it point to the same physical folder and install
the certificate on it. Please note that in this case, unless the
certificate was generated with a common name of *.mysite.com clients will
get a warning when they browse the site stating the URL they typed does not
match the common name on the certificate. SSL will still continue to work
once users click ok on this warning. Or to avoid this dialog, get a new
cert with the right common name (*.mysite.com ) or separate certificates
for each site.

Thanks,
Yogita Manghnani
Microsoft Developer Support
Internet Information Server

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hohans NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com
3/10/2004 9:45:28 AM
Hi Yogita ,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, in my case, I do need a separate SSL
cert. I am working on it now. But anyways, appreciate for your help.
Best regards,

Hans

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