{"id":4993,"date":"2019-05-31T03:49:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T03:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geekdecoder.com\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2019-05-31T03:49:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T03:49:55","slug":"change-ssl-cert-from-default-to-comodo-free-ssl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2019\/05\/31\/change-ssl-cert-from-default-to-comodo-free-ssl\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Windows RDP SSL Cert from Default to Comodo Free SSL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article describes how to change the SSL cert for you Windows server to match a hostname so that when you remote desktop to a windows server, you don&#8217;t get a warning for the identity and the SSL cert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qbytes.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/remote1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4998 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/qbytes.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/remote1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/remote1.png 524w, https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/remote1-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go to Sectigo (Comodo) and sign up for a free ssl.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/ssl.comodo.com\/free-ssl-certificate.php<\/p>\n<p>First, generate a CSR.<\/p>\n<p>One: https:\/\/knowledge.digicert.com\/solution\/SO21586.html<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/support.comodo.com\/index.php?\/Knowledgebase\/Article\/View\/739\/19\/csr-generation-and-ssl-installation-for-ms-terminal-services-rdp<\/p>\n<p>Set up the CSR<\/p>\n<p>Godaddy &#8211; https:\/\/hk.godaddy.com\/en\/help\/windows-generate-csr-for-code-or-driver-signing-certificate-7282<\/p>\n<p>CSR Generation: Using certreq (Windows)<br \/>\nThis article is for administrators who prefer the command shell!<\/p>\n<p>Save the following file as request.inf on your server editing the subject according to the comment:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">;----------------- request.inf -----------------\n\n&#x5B;Version]\nSignature=&quot;$Windows NT$&quot;\n\n&#x5B;NewRequest]\nSubject = &quot;C=US, CN=something.example.com&quot; \n\nKeySpec = 1\nKeyLength = 2048\nExportable = TRUE\nMachineKeySet = TRUE\nSMIME = False\nPrivateKeyArchive = FALSE\nUserProtected = FALSE\nUseExistingKeySet = FALSE\nProviderName = &quot;Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider&quot;\nProviderType = 12\nRequestType = PKCS10\nKeyUsage = 0xa0\nHashAlgorithm = SHA256 \n\n&#x5B;EnhancedKeyUsageExtension]\nOID=1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1 ; this is for Server Authentication \/ Token Signing\n;-----------------------------------------------\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>then run<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ncertreq -new request.inf request.csr\n<\/pre>\n<p>This add the key as well &#8211; https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/rmilne\/2014\/06\/17\/how-to-request-certificate-without-using-iis-or-exchange\/<\/p>\n<p>re: https:\/\/support.comodo.com\/index.php?\/comodo\/Knowledgebase\/Article\/View\/813\/102\/<\/p>\n<p>Finish install:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Configure custom SSL certificate for RDP on Windows Server 2012 r2 in Remote Administration\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qDwF0_ax6_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article describes how to change the SSL cert for you Windows server to match a hostname so that when you remote desktop to a windows server, you don&#8217;t get a warning for the identity and the SSL cert. Go to Sectigo (Comodo) and sign up for a free ssl. https:\/\/ssl.comodo.com\/free-ssl-certificate.php First, generate a CSR. &#8230; <a title=\"Change Windows RDP SSL Cert from Default to Comodo Free SSL\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2019\/05\/31\/change-ssl-cert-from-default-to-comodo-free-ssl\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Change Windows RDP SSL Cert from Default to Comodo Free SSL\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}