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Re: Need advice on transfering SSL-enabled site from hosting to a localhost

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Thanks a lot for your reply!

I think I might haven't made myself clear enough. The domain the cert is for 
remains THE SAME -- regardless whether it's installed in a hosting 
environment or on my local machine at home. As per hostnames, here I don't 
know what you meant exactly. I think that when a CA issues a certificate, 
you can install it on ANY server (at least, Apache, for sure). The cert is 
not tied to a specific box, right?
Maximum, I might have to re-issue CSR or whatever it's called, I don't 
remember exactly all the procedures, but it's not that difficult anyhow. As 
per self-signed certificates that you mentioned -- I know what you're saying 
in that regard. It does look scary in a browser, unless you know 100% what 
it's about (like if it belongs to you). DEFINITELY I won't even think to 
show that Freddy Krueger thing to my potential clients! No way, God forbid!



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On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 05:14:18 -0400, papakota <abrodski@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have a web site that has HTTPS. Right now I DO NOT have SSL certificate
> installed on hosting. They charge extra for that. I want to transfer my 
> site
> to a localhost and then to install SSL on Apache myself. So I wonder 
> whether
> I should pay them and have them SSL certificate installed on a hosting
> server and after that to copy to site to a localhost OR to leave it alone 
> as
> it is now and just install SSL on Apache from scratch myself.
> I ALREADY have SSL certificate installed as it was PRIOR to my termination
> of my previous hosting account (when that archive ZIP file was originally

A certificate is only good for the domain and hostnames it's been set up
for. While you could generate your own certificate, no browser would trust
it without the user approving it.

A certificate generated for one domain or host can not be used on another
host, without the users getting the warning that the hostname does not
match the certificate name.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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Need advice on transfering SSL-enabled site from hosting to a localhost "papakota" <abrodski@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-02 12:14 +0300
  Re: Need advice on transfering SSL-enabled site from hosting to a localhost "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-07-02 23:52 -0400
    Re: Need advice on transfering SSL-enabled site from hosting to a localhost "papakota" <abrodski@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-03 15:06 +0300
      Re: Need advice on transfering SSL-enabled site from hosting to a localhost "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2015-07-03 16:21 -0400
    Re: Need advice on transfering SSL-enabled site from hosting to a localhost "papakota" <abrodski@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-03 15:06 +0300
    Re: Need advice on transfering SSL-enabled site from hosting to a localhost "papakota" <abrodski@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-03 15:06 +0300
  Re: Need advice on transfering SSL-enabled site from hosting to a localhost "papakota" <abrodski@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-03 15:07 +0300

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