"DB" <DB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a win2003 server with IIS that is on my active directory domain
> (company.internal.com) and is accessible from the Internet by the domain
> name
> (webserver.external.com). If I install an ssl certificate, will there be a
> problem that the server is in a different domain (AD Domain) than the
> domain
> name used to access the site from the Internet? The domain name I use to
> access this server has nothing to do with the actual server configuration
> with the exception of the IP Address it is pointing to.

"Ken Schaefer" wrote:

> As long as you access the server using an FQDN that matches the "common
> name" embedded in the certificate, there will be no problems. It does not
> matter that the FQDN is different to the fully qualified AD DNS name that
> the server has.
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
> "DB" <DB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4B4AE6CF-84F7-4D6A-8D67-F5F5767EB1BA@microsoft.com...
> >I have a win2003 server with IIS that is on my active directory domain
> > (company.internal.com) and is accessible from the Internet by the domain
> > name
> > (webserver.external.com). If I install an ssl certificate, will there be a
> > problem that the server is in a different domain (AD Domain) than the
> > domain
> > name used to access the site from the Internet? The domain name I use to
> > access this server has nothing to do with the actual server configuration
> > with the exception of the IP Address it is pointing to.
>
>