Exchange Server Forums

Trouble SSL cert. external domainname is hosted by external company

Users viewing this topic: none

Logged in as: Guest

Printable Version

All Forums >> [Microsoft Exchange 2007] >> Outlook Web Access >> Trouble SSL cert. external domainname is hosted by external company

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Trouble SSL cert. external domainname is hosted by exte... - 17.Mar.2010 11:01:23 AM

tjeuke

Posts: 2
Joined: 14.Oct.2009
Status: offline

Dear Experts,

I have a big "challenge".

A customer has a SBS2008 server, with Exchange 2007SP1.
The internal domain is 'AAA.local'. The external domainnname is 'AAA.com' and is hosted by an external hosting company (!!). We want to use Outlook autodiscover, OWA etc. Therefore we have a certificate installed on the SBS server: exchange.AAA.com. BUT... Outlook gives a error message that says that the name on the security certificate is not equal with the name of the website. (it's looking for autodiscover.AAA.com). This name is not in the DNS as the DNS has the domain *.local.

What do I have to do to get autodiscover,OWA etc. working for the company, with a certificate?

I have found several sites that describes how to install an certificate, but they all describes it from the perspective that de external domain is also hosted on the same server.

I hope you have an solution (or a tip) how to solve this issue. (If you do, I'll thank you for ever! :-)

Post #: 1

Featured Links*

RE: Trouble SSL cert. external domainname is hosted by ... - 17.Mar.2010 11:41:14 AM

dverkissen

Posts: 16
Joined: 13.Aug.2007
Status: offline

Glad someone is asking the question i'm trying to figure out for quite some time, in my spare time :)

My comment here won't help you but things i have tried was messing around with the dns servers to try to trick the certificate in thinking it was indeed the external name to lookup.
Al it got me was yet another disappointment :)

Anyway i once read that a wildcard cert should solve this, but yet i am not shure it will or have i found out that indeed that would be the right choice.

As i could immagine you should host a .com internal as you have external, meaning you should constantly be updating that dns.

As said you won't have anything usefull from my comment, but if i found out more i'll let you know, as we have the exact same problem !
If you found out, please post here so i can try as well :)

Appreciate it in advance!

(in reply to tjeuke)

Post #: 2

RE: Trouble SSL cert. external domainname is hosted by ... - 17.Mar.2010 1:29:47 PM

tjeuke

Posts: 2
Joined: 14.Oct.2009
Status: offline

Thanx dverkissen for your support ;-)

We were also thinking of using a wildcart cert, but we are not sure of that's the right way to solve this problem. The cost of a wildcart cert is too high, for just to experiment with it.
If we find a solution I let you know. If you find something we like to hear it!

greetz. Tjeuke

(in reply to dverkissen)

Post #: 3