secured socket layer

[sbaral]

I want to make my website secured so that all the communication between the clients and my website are encrypted. I know I need to get a digital certificate and install it on the web server. If a server hosts multiple websites can the same certificate be applied to all the websites or must I have one for each website that I want to secure?

Thanks for your response,

Sanjeev

[bruce]

You should not do use the same cert for different site.

Each SSL Cert is encoded with the URL of the website, your website user will get an error / warning from the browser if the URL doesn't match.

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I want to make my website secured so that all the communication between the clients and my website are encrypted. I know I need to get a digital certificate and install it on the web server. If a server hosts multiple websites can the same certificate be applied to all the websites or must I have one for each website that I want to secure?

Thanks for your response,

Sanjeev

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DiscountASP.NET
http://www.DiscountASP.NET

[KPayne]

[b]quote:Originally posted by bruce

You should not do use the same cert for different site.

Each SSL Cert is encoded with the URL of the website, your website user will get an error / warning from the browser if the URL doesn't match.

[b]quote:Originally posted by sbaral

I want to make my website secured so that all the communication between the clients and my website are encrypted. I know I need to get a digital certificate and install it on the web server. If a server hosts multiple websites can the same certificate be applied to all the websites or must I have one for each website that I want to secure?

Thanks for your response,

Sanjeev

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B.

DiscountASP.NET
http://www.DiscountASP.NET

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I think the cert is encoded with the domain name, not the web site address. So if you are running more than one web site on the same domain, you can use one certificate.

Keith Payne
Technical Marketing Solutions