> -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Brown [mailto:seanmichaelbrown@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Freitag, 4. November 2005 15:36 > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] copy ssl cert from old machine to > replacement > machine? > > > It's my understanding that the SSL Certificate is bound to the IP of > the site, NOT the DNS name. It's the ther way round. The cert contains a field called "CommonName". When the client gets the cert from the server, it compares the CommonName with the URL it just requested. If you request www.amazon.com and get back a cert with CN=www.dodgy-crook.com, you should think twice about putting in your credit card number... Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > So if you're moving to a new machine AND > changing the IP address, you may need to get your certificate > recreated. If you moving to a new machine, but keeping the IP > address, you should be able to simply move the files as explained > elsewhere in the thread. > > > Sean > ' > > On 11/4/05, Boyle Owen <Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Plain text please... > > > > The certificate is bound to the website - not the physical > machine. The certificate is just a file like any other. You > simply have to copy the file containing the certificate to > the new machine. > > > > If you change the filestructure on the new machine, you > need to define the path to the cert and key in the > SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile directives. > > > > Rgds, > > Owen Boyle > > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe A [mailto:joe.biz@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Donnerstag, 3. November 2005 19:02 > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [users@httpd] copy ssl cert from old machine to > replacement machine? > > > > > > i have a machine that has apache2 and ssl setup on domain.com > > > > i want to replace that machine with a new one ... do i have > to request a new certificate or is there an easy way to copy > the certificate to the new machine that will be replacing the > old one as the server for domain.com? > > > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche > Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. > Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of a > private and personal nature. It is not related to the > exchange or business activities of the SWX Group. Le présent > e-mail est un message privé et personnel, sans rapport avec > l'activité boursière du Groupe SWX. > > > > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may > contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged > information. 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