An SSL certificate (Secure Socket Layer Certificate) is an X.509 certificate that is issued for the purpose of identifying peers in an SSL connection. It is assigned to a domain or hosting account.
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What is recommended - UC or EV or EV UC certificate?
We are implementing Exchange 2010 server and an eCommerce site. Both of these need certificates and I am confused what to use? I know Exchange need UC certificate. Can I use it for the ecommerce site ...
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missing configuration in apache to achive mutual SSL authentcaion [migrated]
After implementing a Mutual Certificate Authentication with OpenSSL and Apache Web Server on CentOS platform. I tried this scenario ( see this diagram ):
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How to determine the sequence of ordering certificates by browser?
I did a Mutual Certificate Authentication implementation with OpenSSL and Apache Web Server on CentOS platform. To simple explanation see this diagram:
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Script to determine the SSL certificate assigned to each site
I have a IIS6 web server with 100+ sites on it. Recently, I was forced to renew my wildcard SSL certificate which all the sites use by creating a new CSR request rather than a renew CSR request. I ...
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Are the different types of SSL certificates a bit of a scam?
I'm looking into getting a few SSL certificates for domains to cover the following:
autodiscover.example.com
remote.example.com
www.example.com
Wildcard certificates are too expensive, so I'm ...
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Apache Server - Wrong Certificate
At work we are moving a website from "outside" to "inside". Standard LAMP website (Apache, MySQL, PHP).
The issue I'm having is that it's serving up the wrong certificate.
https:/intranet - on my ...
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CPanel - Wild card SSL - How to point *.domain.com to one root and sub.domain.com to another root
I have a wildcard (*.domain.com) SSL certificate installed on my CPanel server. I have domain.com configured to point to /domain.com as its document root and use this wildcard SSL certificate. I ...
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Ad service that supports ssl (secure publishing)
Is there an add service like adsense that supports SSL ads? I wish to put ads on a secured (https) pages but Google Adsense doesn't support it. I know Adbrite works for text based SSL ads but I ...
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Enabling SSL on Apache2 causes address already in use error
My server works just fine on a normal Apache2 install. Now, I'm trying to install subversion on this server using a guide I found on the net called: Installation of Subversion on Ubuntu, with Apache, ...
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HTTPS connection treated differently across browsers
I am using an SSL certificate for a website and the server redirects all http connections to https (a conscious choice). A tool provided by the CA says that the certificate has been installed ...
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How many SSL certificates are required?
I have the following domains, all inside one single VPS (one IP address):
www.example.com
classmates.com
john.classmates.com
mary.classmates.com
blog.classmates.com
If I need https for the ...
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EV SSL Certificates - does anyone care?
Is any one aware of any data or studies from an impartial source that show the impact of EV SSL certificates on customer behavior? I've been unable to find any such studies. If an EV SSL certificate ...
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What books or articles are must reads for learning about SSL management
I have found it very hard to find any books or articles that assume no understanding and take you from nothing to a master at managing SSL certificates on web servers.
Most articles I have found deal ...
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Extended validation certificate not changing browser bar green in Firefox
I'm having some problems with an Extended validation certificate on a site that isn't showing the green bar correctly in Firefox. Chrome and IE are working fine.
When I load the page the bar appears ...
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IIS 7 Require SSL automatically redirect to https://
I've configured IIS 7 to require SSL. I'm wondering if I can automatically redirect non-ssl requests to be encrypted.
For example, if a user types in http://domain.com, can IIS redirect the request ...
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Shared SSL hosting receives all SSL requests but why is Google getting it wrong?
The website is hosted on a shared server that supports SSL. The web hosting provider secures our website using SSL:
https://domain.com instead of http://domain.com
Ever since then all the client ...
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is free ssl certificate appropriate - only needed for login page
I need to protect the user's credentials on my website's login page.
The rest of the website does not need SSL. I don't sell anything or accept any credit card information (now or in the future) ...
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How to find domain registrar and DNS hosting with good DNSSEC support?
Simplified problem
I want to buy a domain and make a website that is fully secured with DNSSEC.
I want to make sure that only the one right SSL certificate could be validated by the browsers and all ...
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Set up stand-alone IIS server with wildcard SLL cert?
We have a server for IIS 7.5 set up in our DMZ zone for clients to connect to through VPN only, so the client connects through VPN and then uses a web service "locally".
We would like to apply our ...
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Need HTTPS on web server with plesk. Without buying certificate?
I just want that communication with web server is encrypted. I don't want to by SSL certificate.
The server has Plesk installed and as i see, there is some way to add SSL certificate but i don't know ...
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How to direct https requests to http while SSL cert expired? [duplicate]
The SSL certificate on my site has expired, which has caused https requests to the site to fail.
While I am sorting out a new SSL certificate, what can I do to redirect https requests into the http ...
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SSL Hosting Support for site with existing SSL certificate [duplicate]
I would like to know if there are any hosts that host PHP sites with SSL support for free, if I have an existing SSL certificate for my domain.
I checked out many questions here(about 10) but none of ...
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Can SSL Wildcards have multiple/nested levels of wildcard?
I know that an SSL wildcard certificate (*.example.org) can be used to support many names under the domain (a.example.org, b.example.org, c.example.org). I also know that the * is only good for ...
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Error 500 on phpMyAdmin via https from “self-signed certificate”?
I have used Cpanel to generate and install a self-signed certificate for HTTPS and now that I have installed phpMyAdmin once I access phpMyAdmin via HTTPS it throws out an error 500 message.
Why is ...
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Example of live site with trusted, signed but revoked certificate?
I'm drawing up some documentation for users with the intent on educating them on certificate revocation. I would like to include screen shots of browsers to demonstrate the user experience when ...
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What will be the impact on SEO if we remove our SSL certificate (url become http instead of https)?
For some weird reason the content accessed though our domains is returned via SSL HTTPS on all domains pointing to the server.
https://domain.com leads to our website, with a proper SSL certificate ...
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Issue with security certificate name
I have inherited an old website whose security certificate causes this error when viewed with IE.
"The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site"
Is there ...
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Self signed SSL certificate with a wild card - works for sub domain, fails for the main domain
For development purposes I created a self signed SSL certificate where CN = *.example.com.
After installing the certificate, when browsing to any sub domain https://sub.example.com I got the nice ...
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Choosing which domain to secure
We've got a website that is served on both www.example.com and just example.com - we've never done any sort of forcing users from one domain to the other, so if they land on example.com then that's ...
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Is unique IP address a must for SSL?
The shared hosting company told me that if I buy an IP address then it will be applicable for the addon domains too. What does it mean? Then the SSL certificate won't work since there will be more ...
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cname forward from https to http
We are migrating web host and I wonder if it is possible in the migration phase to do a CNAME forward from https://address1.com to http://address2.com. Would the certificate still work even if the new ...
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Is CPanel: SSL certificate installed correctly?
My web host said they installed an SSL certificate for me.
On Cpanel, in the SSL tab, is has the following:
SSL status Enabled
CA certificate Not installed
Is this what it should say ...
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How to install mod_ssl for Apache
I have installed Apache httpd a while ago and have recently come back to it to try setup SSL and get it serving several different tomcat servers.
At the moment I have two completely separate tomcat ...
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How can I set the default page for an https request?
We have a website which has a Virtual Directory containing the secure portion of the website.
If users come to http://www.mydomain.com, they should get directed to default.aspx of the main site, but ...
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SSL Certification on both www and no-www domains
We've got our website running and HTTPS / SSL works just great.
EXCEPT: when users enter http://www.mydomain.com and then enter the secure area and get directed to https://www.mydomain.com it works ...
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Will a simple domain validated SSL certificate show a 'green lock'?
I'm looking into buying an SSL certificate for my domain. I'm considering buying: https://www.ssl.nu/en/products/regular+ssl/ssl+basic/ which is just a domain validation certificate I think. Will ...
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extra configuration needed after installing SSL certificate?
We recently developed two rather simple PHP applications for AXA (European bank). URL's are axa.tfo.be/incentives/cipres and axa.tfo.be/incentives/zrkk (access to both sites is restricted to visitors ...
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When should I go for extended-validation SSL? [closed]
At what point do I need an extended-validation SSL certificates (EV) rather than the less expensive domain-validated SSL certificate?
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How to add lock symbol to my website using private SSL in https pages
I just purchased SSL for my website from hostgator, so that I can add lock symbol in my website, when users visit https://www.mysite.com
For example:
Now they have installed the certificate, but ...
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How do I add domains to certificate
I just installed a dedi. I got a self signed certificate to maindomain.com
Then I want to access childdomain.com/cpanel
The certificate is for the main domain on the server. I tried to access cPanel ...
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GeoTrust SSL brand name used by re-sellers
I feel like a I got the bait-and-switch from my web host provider since they advertise "GeoTrust SSL" for $99. I purchased it, thinking the certificate is issued from geotrust.com, but then I get an ...
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Can I modify an existing certificate to run on multiple hostnames?
I've been investigating and I found instructions on how to create an SSL certificate with multiple hostnames, but I need to know whether I can modify an existing certificate (not create a new ...
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How can my organization become a Root CA?
I'm the founder of a little non-profit French organization.
Currently, we're providing free web and shell hosting.
Is there a way to become a Trusted Certificate Authority, in order to give free SSL ...
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Getting fingerprint from Apache certificate (combined with key)
I have just created a certificate for my Apache SSL host using:
make-ssl-cert /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf /etc/ssl/private/myhost.crt
Now what is the correct way to get the fingerprint out of ...
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is RapidSSL wildcard cert supported by major browsers?
I'm thinking of buying a wildcard SSL cert from clickSSL :
http://www.clickssl.com/rapidssl/rapidsslwildcard.aspx
That would be a rapidssl certificate, and I was looking into my firefox options to ...
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Using wildcard certificates
Can I buy a wildcard certificate to use the same SSL certificate on multiple domains? For example, www.example.com, www.example.org and www.example.net (on different hosting services)?
If I can,
Is ...
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is godaddy SSL standard certificate compatible with *all* browsers?
Could you answer to at least one of these questions:
1) is godaddy SSL standard certificate compatible with all browsers (chrome and safari on iphone, or android browsers included) ?
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Renewing a SSL certificate with GoDaddy [closed]
GoDaddy sells SSL certificates for $12 per year (the most basic one). I have bought one of those last year, and now is the time to renew. However they are now asking for $50 for the renewal (the $12 ...
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Is RapidSSL WildCard Cert suitable for my eCommerce Web site?
We have recently launched our online T-Shirts shop which is based on eCommerce platform but certainly we have been facing problem of customer’s transactions security as they were asking for suitable ...
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SSL Certificate is Untrusted… sometimes
Web Designer I'm working with signed up a new client that needed an SSL certificate. We went to namecheap.com and purchased on from Comodo. Got all the needed files and set it up in ISPConfig.
To ...
