My SSL certificate expired tonight. I’ve used Digicert certificates for SBSfaq.com for a while now and I’ve got to say I like there customer service. Normally renewing an SSL certificate can be painful. You’ve got to generate a CSR, upload that to the website of the SSL provider, wait for the returning certificate, then install that on the server, before then … [Read more...]
Where can I get makecert.exe from?
I’ve been working on some cool stuff with Hyper-V Replica across untrusted domains this week. As part of that I needed to get hold of the makecert.exe utility so that you can create your own SSL certificates. I had some challenges finding it and finally located it. Here’s what I did. Download the Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 from here … [Read more...]
Update Rollup 4 available for SBS 2011 Standard
Microsoft have recently released the latest update for SBS 2011 Standard. You can find the details here. What is interesting is that this includes a fix for SSL certificate requests to prevent the internal domain name eg mycompany.local from being included in the SSL certificate request that you would send to your SSL Certificate Provider. They have had to make … [Read more...]
How can I install a Wildcard Certificate using SBS 2008 console?
Saving me the hard work of figuring this one out is Chris Knight. He did some digging and figured out how to install a wildcard certificate into SBS 2008 using the SBS 2008 wizards. His blog post is here for your viewing. Good one Chris – thank you for sharing … [Read more...]