I am going to be moving some clients to a brand new server soon. One of them is shopping for ssl certs/merchant account/etc for online retail biz.

I know if you change domain name you need a new cert but how about changing servers?

It shouldnt matter as long as the domain the cert is for is moved with it right?

Any wisdom would be appreciated;)

Depends on whose cert it is. What kind of cert is and who issued it?

If it's the same server software (e.g. apache mod_ssl) then you should have no problems....

Depends on whose cert it is. What kind of cert is and who issued it?

GeoTrust QuickSSL cert

yes, just move the domain.crt, domain.crs domain.key files to the apropiated locations in the new server.

If it a quick cert no problems you can move it with ease just copy the files.
Some certs use the IP as part of the ID process and will not move so easy tho you can get them reissued.

But QuickSSL is easy.

Originally posted by Monte
If it a quick cert no problems you can move it with ease just copy the files.
Some certs use the IP as part of the ID process and will not move so easy tho you can get them reissued.

But QuickSSL is easy.

May I ask what Certs use IP as part of the ID process? I want to know to not ever use it :)

Thanks for the fast and furious answers, I appreciate it :)