Re: SSL and Domain

From: Arnel (Arnel_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:07:04 -0800

Thanks for the reply Ben, appreciate it.

"Ben Vincent [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Arnel,
>
> The SSL Certificate is only bound to the DNS name of the website and has no
> link to the machine name or domain\workshop. So you should have no problem
> using the same cert on a machine in the domain.
>
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> "Arnel" <Arnel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:154A4093-FFA8-4E33-930A-674F215DDE37@microsoft.com...
> >I have a questions regarding SSL and joining to the domain. We have a
> > webserver (W2K3 Standard) that is using SSL for secure communications.
> > Right
> > now, that server is in its own workgroup (not domain) and we would like to
> > have it a member server with our W2K3 Standard. Will there be any
> > problems
> > that I am going to encounter, or do I have to do anything before I do
> > transfer it? Do I have to contact the company that issued the certificate
> > or
> > not at all. If I do join it to the domain, will the certificate still
> > work
> > ie, if I type https://www.websitename.com? Please let me know. Any help
> > is
> > appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Arnel
>
>
>

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