Re: How to install 3rd party SSL domain ceritificate on local serv

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The basic process for what you want to do is that you need to generate a
certificate request on your server and send it to Thawte. The web hosting
company are not involved except perhaps as a reseller.
Assuming that they are reselling you a Thawte certificate, you should
probably ask them what they have done and what you are supposed to so with
it. It is possible that this is OK. You can import the private key and then
use the .crt file: http://www.digicert.com/wildcard-export-import.htm
But you should ask them what they have done. None of this is necessary if
you generate a request and obtain a certificate from Thawte yourself,
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.com



"Library Sysadmin" <LibrarySysadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:B43E00E0-1990-47A2-B460-2139C97BFF53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Anthony,

Thanks for the response.
The web hosting company purchased the certificate from Thawte and provided
us with the certificate(s?) that came as .crt and .key files.

However, I cannot load the .crt file anywhere on our servers and get it to
work, nor do I find anything relating to the .key file and what to do with
it. I've tried following Thawte and MS support on this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5d0fb4c2-3333-4fec-82fc-6e15d3733937.mspx?mfr=true

These procedures fail on the first step, as I cannot install the
certificate
in response to a request, nor can I assign it and get it to function.

Rick

"Anthony [MVP]" wrote:

You will need to use IIS to generate a certificate request on your
server;
then send that request to the CA (like Verisign or Thawte). They will
send
you a certificate that you will save back in IIS. For example:
https://www.thawte.com/ssl-digital-certificates/technical-support/ssl/iis6.html#faq1

You might ask the web hosting company what keys they have sent you, but
it
sounds like it may be a misunderstanding. The key for the web site will
be
different from the key you use for your own server(s),
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.co.uk




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