It is highly recommended that you convert to and from .pfx files on your own machine using OpenSSL so you can keep the private key there. Use the following OpenSSL commands to convert SSL certificate to different formats on your own machine: OpenSSL Convert PEM Convert PEM to DER openssl x509 -outform der -in certificate.pem Read More
Category: Windows 7/8/10/11
How to Install an SSL Certificate on IIS 10 Manually
Purchased and downloaded your certificate from your certificate provider like Godaddy, Digicert, SSL.com etc.. Convert your .crt file to a .cer file Locate your downloaded .crt file, and double-click to open it. Select the Details tab, and then the Copy to File button. Select Next in the Certificate Wizard. Select Base-64 encoded X.509(.CER) and then select Next. Select Browse, locate where you want to save your .CER file, and type Read More
How to Redirect HTTP to HTTPS with Windows IIS 10
To create redirection rules in IIS, you must download and install the URL Rewrite Module 2.1 IIS module (https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite). Then open the Internet Information Services Manager console (InetMgr.exe) and select your site. Go to the SSL Settings section and make sure that the Require SSL option is not enabled. If not, this will cause a conflict with the Rewrite URL Read More
How to Enable SMB Signing?
SMB signing (also known as security signatures) is a security mechanism in the SMB protocol. SMB signing means that every SMB message contains a signature that is generated by using the session key. The client puts a hash of the entire message into the signature field of the SMB header. SMB signing first appeared in Read More
How to Disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 via Group Policy
How to Disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 via Group Policy Open regedit utility Open Group Policy Management (gpmc.msc) in a Domain Controller. 2. Creating a GPO in the Domain Controller Navigate to the OU where Policy is to be linked and right-click and select ‘Create a GP in this domain and Link it here’; In this Read More
How to Disable FIPS-Complaint Encryption on Windows
The Professional, Enterprise and Education versions of Microsoft Windows have a hidden setting that enables government-certified “FIPS-compliant” encryption. FIPS stands for “Federal Information Processing Standards.” It is a set of government standards that define how certain things are used in the government—for example, encryption algorithms. This setting in not available on the Home version of Read More