Category: Server

How to Fix Common Apache SSL Certificate Errors Please see the error message in blue followed by information about the error and how to fix it with a minimal amount of brain wracking. First and foremost we recommend using the default httpd-ssl.conf file as a template for configuring the virtual hosts for your SSL websites on your server because this file contains many settings that are required by mod_SSL working on your server. To do this simply open the httpd.conf file and near the end of the file uncomment the line (i.e. remove the ‘#’ symbol starting the line): #Include […]

Change the Friendly Name of a Microsoft Server’s SSL Certificate Why would you want to edit the friendly name you might ask? A couple reasons are your certificates may not have been assigned friendly names since they aren’t required, or someone may have assigned multiple certificates the same name. For assigning an SSL Certificate to a website or domain in IIS or Exchange can be tricky because certificates will be displayed by their friendly name. To edit the Certificate’s friendly name, just run the DigiCert Certificate Management Utility, then right click on the certificate you’d like to change then choose […]

As its very known that websites are secured with SSL certificates and thus run as HTTPS secured web sites, it’s interesting to know what happens if that securing SSL certificate is expired.   In short: For a certificate expired websites, browsers will notify users with a security alert prompt.  If you choose to agree to accept this certificate you will be able to enter the secure site, providing it is indeed a secure and valid site, and not an exploit or a redirected malicious site. SSL (secure socket layer) is responsible for maintaining an encrypted session between the web server […]