Windows server web hosting

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by striperman36

I move my certs to different ips

Internal certs or external SSL? You can export them from the server holding it IIRC but you need to do that before going to the next box. I don't believe you can reapply the old cert to the new box (defeats the purpose, eh). I've been fortunat that I've only updated the same box or created new - never had the need to export/import a cert

[striperman36]

SSL Certs
in most cases, I move the cert to a VIP in front of the box, offload
We normally use our RSA certs, as long as it is the same dns name we don't get screwed.

Generating a Certificate Signing Request (or CSR) takes necessary information from your key, and adds information about your web site and your company that will be used to create your certificate.
The "common name" prompt will be the name of the site that your SSL Certificate will be used on. You should pick this carefuly, because the certificate can only be used on this name. For example, if you type "www.webpipe.net", it will not work properly on "webpipe.net".