Re: IIS newbie trying to recover lost pending request for certificate

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 10/30/02 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:21:30 -0500

<user@domain.invalid> wrote in message
news:3DC00EEE.3090200@domain.invalid...
> Hi,
>
> I created a request for an SSL certificate in IIS 5.0. The request file
> was used to purchase a certificate, which I was told would take several
> days to arrive. In the mean time I intstalled a Verisign test
> certificate to continue development/testing. When I came to install the
> real certificate I can't find out how to retrieve the original pending
> request. I guess I've done something wrong. Where do the private keys
> get stored. I have the original request file (I assume this is the
> public key).

I might recommend re-submitting a new request to Verisign. If it's in the
first 30 days of purchase, they'll issue you a new one.

Verisign is one of the more expensive cert providers. I haven't had any
problems using certs from Entrust.net [which is now owned by Verisign
anyways] and they're like a third of the price [around $120 / year]. There
are also cheaper cert providers, but some of those start having issues with
certain browsers. If it's the first 30 days of purchase, you can get a
refund.

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