You will just need to take the private key with you (might be a little more difficult with a shared host).
If it's iis, export the cert and private key, and if it's apache just grab both the cert and the private key and you're all set. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Nathanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:32 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: Security Cert, transferable? > > Hey all, > > Is is possible to transfer a security cert issued by a certifying > authority > such as GeoTrust from one host to another? From what I can gather, it's > not > possible because the CSR and private key are specific to the host they're > generated by, and these are used by the certifying authority to generate > the > public cert. But, I'm not sure I have a full grasp on how it all works. > Here's my understanding: > > - Generate CSR and private key at the host > - Send private key to certifying authority > - Purchase cert, certifying authority issues public certificate based on > private key > - I install public certificate at my host, all three components must be > there: CSR, Private Key, Public cert > > Do I have this correct or am I missing something there. > > -- Josh > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:248544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
