Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


toyonut

1508 posts

Uber Geek


#119749 12-Jun-2013 10:56
Send private message

I have some conflicting information here. It seems that renewing an SSL cert on a running site should not affect anything as per here:
http://www.geocerts.com/csr/iis_renew_6 
They recommend just renewing the cert.
But digicert who we are using as our provider recommentd creating a dummy site and generating the request off that:
http://www.digicert.com/ssl-certificate-renewal-iis-6.htm

Is there a proper and recommended way to go here? Anyone got any reasons why you would choose one way over the other?

Cheers
Paul




Try Vultr using this link and get us both some credit:

 

http://www.vultr.com/?ref=7033587-3B


Filter this topic showing only the reply marked as answer Create new topic
wasabi2k
2096 posts

Uber Geek


  #834661 12-Jun-2013 11:10
Send private message

Renewing a cert would normally generate a request using the same private key. There will be no impact on the existing site until you change to use the new certificate.

Using a dummy site would generate a new private key.

In short, no real difference, the private key/cert pairing is a machine thing and can apply to whatever site you want. Doing it on a dummy site would probably be less stressful if you are unsure (given that if you break something somehow it won't affect live).



toyonut

1508 posts

Uber Geek


  #835719 12-Jun-2013 12:50
Send private message

Cheers, thanks for that. I was also just told that because I cannot guarantee the CA server that did the previous certificate, an automatic renew might fail if the CA server has changes somehow. So it is best to just do a new cert off a dummy site.




Try Vultr using this link and get us both some credit:

 

http://www.vultr.com/?ref=7033587-3B


Filter this topic showing only the reply marked as answer Create new topic





News and reviews »

Air New Zealand Starts AI adoption with OpenAI
Posted 24-Jul-2025 16:00


eero Pro 7 Review
Posted 23-Jul-2025 12:07


BeeStation Plus Review
Posted 21-Jul-2025 14:21


eero Unveils New Wi-Fi 7 Products in New Zealand
Posted 21-Jul-2025 00:01


WiZ Introduces HDMI Sync Box and other Light Devices
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:32


RedShield Enhances DDoS and Bot Attack Protection
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:26


Seagate Ships 30TB Drives
Posted 17-Jul-2025 11:24


Oclean AirPump A10 Water Flosser Review
Posted 13-Jul-2025 11:05


Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Brings New Edge-To-Edge FlexWindow
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Epson Launches New AM-C550Z WorkForce Enterprise printer
Posted 9-Jul-2025 18:22


Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9
Posted 9-Jul-2025 17:46


Nearly Half of Older Kiwis Still Write their Passwords on Paper
Posted 9-Jul-2025 08:42


D-Link 4G+ Cat6 Wi-Fi 6 DWR-933M Mobile Hotspot Review
Posted 1-Jul-2025 11:34


Oppo A5 Series Launches With New Levels of Durability
Posted 30-Jun-2025 10:15









Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.