Problems with SSL certificate

I just purchased and installed a SSL certificate from Thawte (Windows
Server 2003, IIS 6.0) with no problems. The certificate has been
installed properly and permissions have been assigned to the folder
that needs to use the certificate.

The problem is, when I test the pages on the development server using
an absolute path with HTTPS://......, the pages load fine. From
outside the development box, the pages will not load.

I have checked the firewall, and I am allowing port 443. Anything else
that could cause this?

Thanks in advance,

Nick

Egbert
Sun Oct 30 04:06:04 CST 2005


<nickc181@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130642663.435169.303590@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I just purchased and installed a SSL certificate from Thawte (Windows
> Server 2003, IIS 6.0) with no problems. The certificate has been
> installed properly and permissions have been assigned to the folder
> that needs to use the certificate.
>
> The problem is, when I test the pages on the development server using
> an absolute path with HTTPS://......, the pages load fine. From
> outside the development box, the pages will not load.

if you fake your hosts file on SYSTEM32\drivers\etc and you temporary set
your website on that file to an internal address, and your browser -does-
show up correctly https://www.yoursite.com (for instance) it is really your
firewall & combination with NAT (natwork address translation and
portforwarding for 443).

> I have checked the firewall, and I am allowing port 443. Anything else
> that could cause this?

ps: in my experience, you don't set permissions to ' a certificate' you
just set a website to use a certificate.

> Thanks in advance,
>
> Nick
>