Can you install a trusted SSL certificate on the NAS?

dizlem wrote:

dja, Your instructions were spot on and to confirm you CAN install a trusted SSL certificate this way. Just installed a godaddy SSL cert without a problem at all. No annoying IE or Firefox untrusted website windows any more! Only changes to the above instructions are that godaddy requires you to create the private key first then once the request is approved on their website they let you download their cert bundle and your newly issued ssl cert. The only code change required is in '/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf' and is the cert bundle name marked below by >>> (obviously don't put >>> in), which in godaddy's case is 'gd_bundle.crt'. Just put it in the '/etc/ssl' directory instead of the 'class3.crt' in the instructions above. #################################################################### [ CA_default ] dir = /etc/ssl # Where everything is kept certs = $dir/certs # Where the issued certs are kept crl_dir = $dir/crl # Where the issued crl are kept database = $dir/index.txt # database index file. #unique_subject = no # Set to 'no' to allow creation of # several ctificates with same subject. new_certs_dir = $dir/newcerts # default place for new certs. >>>certificate = $dir/gd_bundle.crt # The CA certificate Thanks for your guide on this. Dizlem

When generating a trusted SSL certificate, that certificate will coupled to 1 IP address (or a name representing one IP address), right?

I'm thinking of generating a certificate for my external NAS IP address. That would bypass the certificate issues when accessing my NAS through its external IP address. However: if I for example want to access Frontview admin locally (internal IP address) I would run into problems because the certificate was issued for its external IP address. Is this correct? Are you experiencing this behavior dizlem?

Is it possible for 1 certificate to be active for multiple IP addresses (in this case my external and internal NAS IP addresses).

Thanks