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Ah, I see. That's fab Emmanuel. &nbsp;All this time, I thought that the CSR had to be set up on the hosting web server. <br />
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In that case, I can just create a CSR as long as the distinguished name is the same as the website name. <br />
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Also, the guys who host it said that once we have bought the SSL, we can then export a PFX file and send it to the guys who host the servers. They can then apply the pfx to the server?
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Ah, I see. That's fab Emmanuel.  All this time, I thought that the CSR had to be set up on the hosting web server.

In that case, I can just create a CSR as long as the distinguished name is the same as the website name.

Also, the guys who host it said that once we have bought the SSL, we can then export a PFX file and send it to the guys who host the servers. They can then apply the pfx to the server?

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You are exactly right.<br />
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Regards
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hi guys<br />
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We recently ran into some issues regarding SSL certificates. Our provider who hosts the actual web servers, claims that they don't need necessarily access the IIS server in order to create a CSR to send to us so that we can buy the SSL. <br />
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They claim we can just set up the CSR from our local machines? How do we do that? Can I access the website they host and from there somehow do this? I don't get it. <br />
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Any help would be appreciated<br />
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Cheers<br />
Yashy
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hi guys

We recently ran into some issues regarding SSL certificates. Our provider who hosts the actual web servers, claims that they don't need necessarily access the IIS server in order to create a CSR to send to us so that we can buy the SSL. 

They claim we can just set up the CSR from our local machines? How do we do that? Can I access the website they host and from there somehow do this? I don't get it. 

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers
Yashy

Can you raise CSR via a local machine rather than accessing server hosting IIS service?

HTTPS is a protocol for secure communication over a computer network which is widely used on the Internet. HTTPS consists of communication over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) within a connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security (TLS) or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The main motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the visited website and to protect the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data. HTTPS is widely used for protecting page authenticity on all types of websites, securing accounts and keeping user communications, identity and web browsing private.

SSL / HTTPS

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.

Microsoft IIS Web Server

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.