SSL Certificate Questions

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1) I want to secure a stand alone non-active directory terminal server with
an SSL certificate so that the user name and password in the RDP file will be
used when connecting to the server so that the user can be logged on
automatically by double clicking the RDP file. Will any third party
certificate work in this situation?

2) There is a web-site on the same server which I wish to secure using SSL.
Can the same certificate be used to secure the website and the terminal
server or does this require two certificates.

I was planning to get an SSL certificate from GoDaddy.com since I use them
for a number of things. Will their certificates work in the above scenario?
Are there any special considerations I should know in order to purchase the
proper certificates?

Thanks,
Simon
 
Re: SSL Certificate Questions


"Simon White" <SimonWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E533D1EE-69CA-4F77-83ED-7D8055C9A35A@microsoft.com...
> 1) I want to secure a stand alone non-active directory terminal server
> with
> an SSL certificate so that the user name and password in the RDP file will
> be
> used when connecting to the server so that the user can be logged on
> automatically by double clicking the RDP file. Will any third party
> certificate work in this situation?

Yes, it will work if:
1. The Enhanced Key Usage on the Certificate includes Server Authentication.
2. The Key Usage includes Data Encipherment.
3. The name on the certificate matches the Server Name.
4. The issuer of the certificate is trusted on both Server & Client
5. The certificate has a private key.
>
> 2) There is a web-site on the same server which I wish to secure using
> SSL.
> Can the same certificate be used to secure the website and the terminal
> server or does this require two certificates.
>

Yes, you can use the same certificate for both.

> I was planning to get an SSL certificate from GoDaddy.com since I use them
> for a number of things. Will their certificates work in the above
> scenario?
> Are there any special considerations I should know in order to purchase
> the
> proper certificates?
>
None except specified above.

> Thanks,
> Simon
>
>
 
Re: SSL Certificate Questions

I purchased a certificate using www.dtop.ca which is the website I wish to
secure now when I connect to terminal services I have to use www.dtop.ca as
the Computer Name in the Remote Desktop Client in order make SSL work.

Is there a way to request the certificate such that you can use the server
name instead of the website? I cannot find any documentation for requesting
an SSL certificate from a third party provider for terminal services. There
is lots of documentation about using an Enterprise CA etc. but none about
third party. I will need to be able to do this because I have a 2nd terminal
stand alone terminal server that does not have any websites for use.





"kchira [MS]" wrote:

>
> "Simon White" <SimonWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E533D1EE-69CA-4F77-83ED-7D8055C9A35A@microsoft.com...
> > 1) I want to secure a stand alone non-active directory terminal server
> > with
> > an SSL certificate so that the user name and password in the RDP file will
> > be
> > used when connecting to the server so that the user can be logged on
> > automatically by double clicking the RDP file. Will any third party
> > certificate work in this situation?
>
> Yes, it will work if:
> 1. The Enhanced Key Usage on the Certificate includes Server Authentication.
> 2. The Key Usage includes Data Encipherment.
> 3. The name on the certificate matches the Server Name.
> 4. The issuer of the certificate is trusted on both Server & Client
> 5. The certificate has a private key.
> >
> > 2) There is a web-site on the same server which I wish to secure using
> > SSL.
> > Can the same certificate be used to secure the website and the terminal
> > server or does this require two certificates.
> >
>
> Yes, you can use the same certificate for both.
>
> > I was planning to get an SSL certificate from GoDaddy.com since I use them
> > for a number of things. Will their certificates work in the above
> > scenario?
> > Are there any special considerations I should know in order to purchase
> > the
> > proper certificates?
> >
> None except specified above.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Simon
> >
> >
>
 
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