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Author SSL Wildcard Certificate Replacement

2004-01-24, 1:55 am

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>-----Original Message-----
>I have 2 web sites for a single domain. One is for my
>www site and the other is for all other subdomains. I
>initially installed a SSL certificate for the www site
>and it expires on 12/12. I purchased a 1 year wildcard
>certificate to cover the www and all other subdomains.


I
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>installed this on the default web site (the one used by
>the subdomains) and the www web site.
>
>The problem is that whenever a subdomain site is


accessed
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>it uses the www certifcate and I get the message 'The
>name on the security certificate is invalid or does not
>match the name of the site.' It does not match the name
>of the site.
>
>I checked the certificates within IIS and both the
>default web site and the www web site have the wildcard
>SSL certificate. IIS does not have any references that


I
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>can find to the www certificate.
>
>In the certificates snap in, there are 2 certificates in
>the personal folder -- the www certificate and the
>wildcard certificate. I tried to delete the www
>certificate but this had the effect of disabling all
>access to the www site and all subdomains. All attempts
>to access a site were redirected to a google search page.
>
>All I'm trying to do is replace the soon to be expired
>www certificate with the newly purchased wildcard
>certificate. Can someone help me with this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve
>.
>


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