Install SSL Certificate in Microsoft IIS 5.0

Step 1: Install CA Certificate Step 2: Install the SSL Certificate Choose the appropriate Primary and Secondary Intermediate CA certificates based on your SSL certificate product. The Certificate Authority will email you your certificate. If the certificate is an attachment (Cert.cer), you can use the file. If the certificate is in the body of the email, copy and paste it into a text file (such as OriginalCert.txt) using Notepad. Do not use Microsoft Word or other word processing programs that may add characters. Confirm that there are no extra lines or spaces in the file. If necessary, move the file to the server machine. 1. Open the Internet Services Manager or the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) containing the Internet Information Services snap-in. 2. Expand Internet Information...

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Mozilla Firefox stopped accepting MD5# algorithm

Mozilla disabled MD5 in their environment from June 30, 2011 (https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:MD5and1024). This means that any SSL certificates containing an MD5 signature algorithm will not work in later FireFox browsers after that date. RapidSSL does not use the MD5 in the certificates we issue. However, it is possible that a small number of older certificates may contain an MD5 signature. In the next few months RapidSSL will be communicating to any affected customers that they should reissue their certificate. Reissuing your certificate is a simple process and will ensure your certificate contains a with a SHA-1 signature algorithm. For instructions on reissuing your certificate please contact support team at https://www.clickssl.c...

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