You only need to purchase one cert. Once it is installed on one machine you can export it and import it on the other just like you suspected. It isn't in Key Manager anymore though, you have to open up the MMC and add the Certificates Snap-in. This is currently how we have our server farms setup...
Gino ----- Original Message ----- From: "JM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:20 AM Subject: IIS5 SSL Certs > Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this, but I have had > such good responses from you guys in the past, I thought that > someone would be able to help. > > We have two IIS5 servers serving identical pages, from > identical URLs, in a failover capacity. > > When applying an SSL cert to a W2000 IIS5 box, I was under > the impression that you would only have to secure the one > URL, once. Someone has mentioned to me that I would need two > certs, one for each box, I dont think so, although it has > been some time since I done this, and the last time was with > IIS4. Surely once the Cert has been issued by the CA, and I > aply it to the box it was generated on, I can then export > this, and apply it to the other box(es), by using the key > manager? > > I think that the problems only occur if you use the machine > name as the common name, and of course, I have not. > > Can anyone clarify his for me please? > > Thanks in advance > > JM >
