Multiple certificates on one website?

18 Aug 2006 2:29 PM

BvdB

I've a website that can be connected by 2 different dns names.

site1.domain.com
site2.domain.com (alias of site1)

I 've a certificate installed and that is working fine on site1.domain.com.
When users make a connection using the site2 they get a warning that the
name of the certificate is matching with the name of the site.
Does anyone know a way to redirect the site without generating the warning?

Kind regards,
BvdB

18 Aug 2006 2:46 PM

Miha Pihler [MVP]

Hi,

You can create another site and point it to the same content. Give it a
second name (e.g. host header) or/and appropriate IP address. Now link this
site with second certificate...
As long as both websites point to the same content there should be no
difference for the end user.

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

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> I've a website that can be connected by 2 different dns names.
>
> site1.domain.com
> site2.domain.com (alias of site1)
>
> I 've a certificate installed and that is working fine on
> site1.domain.com.
> When users make a connection using the site2 they get a warning that the
> name of the certificate is matching with the name of the site.
> Does anyone know a way to redirect the site without generating the
> warning?
>
> Kind regards,
> BvdB

19 Aug 2006 5:57 AM

Bernard Cheah [MVP]

You can't!
a) only 1 cert can be associated with 1 website
b) in you case, if you redirect to site2 in https mode, you will get prompt,
coz the url doesn't match the cert common name. You can fix this by having a
wildcard cert *.domain.com to be deployed on the website.

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Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.iis.net/
http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/

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"BvdB" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've a website that can be connected by 2 different dns names.
>
> site1.domain.com
> site2.domain.com (alias of site1)
>
> I 've a certificate installed and that is working fine on
> site1.domain.com.
> When users make a connection using the site2 they get a warning that the
> name of the certificate is matching with the name of the site.
> Does anyone know a way to redirect the site without generating the
> warning?
>
> Kind regards,
> BvdB