Cannot create the .well-known directory in windows

In windows it is not possible to create a directory with a dot first in the name. To solve this, you create a virtual directory in IIS called .well-known which in turn points to the directory where the file is located.

Missing email addresses during verification

For some certificates, such as Comodo PositiveSSL Multi-Domain, not all e-mail addresses are displayed to which the verification e-mail can be sent, but by clicking on "Retrieve All Emails" all addresses are retrieved.

Missing email addresses during verification

Verification steps for EV certificates

Obtaining an EV certificate to get a green address bar in the browser is relatively complicated, with many different steps.

Comodo has made a guide that you can download Here.

The guide applies not only to Comodo EV certificates but to all providers as the rules are the same.

SSL certificate country codes

Country codes are required when creating a Certificate Signing Request. 

  • US United States
  • CA Canada
  • AX Åland Islands
  • AD Andorra
  • AE United Arab Emirates
  • AF Afghanistan
  • AG Antigua and Barbuda
  • AI Anguilla
  • AL Albania
  • AM Armenia
  • AN Netherlands Antilles
  • AO Angola
  • AQ Antarctica
  • AR Argentina
  • AS American Samoa
  • AT Austria
  • AU Australia
  • AW Aruba
  • AZ Azerbaijan
  • BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • BB Barbados
  • BD Bangladesh
  • BE Belgium
  • BF Burkina Faso
  • BG Bulgaria
  • BH Bahrain
  • BI Burundi
  • BJ Benin
  • BM Bermuda
  • BN Brunei
  • BO Bolivia
  • BR Brazil
  • BS Bahamas
  • BT Bhutan
  • BV Bouvet Island
  • BW Botswana
  • BZ Belize
  • CA Canada
  • CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • CF Central African Republic
  • CH Switzerland
  • CI Ivory Coast (Ivory Coast)
  • CK Cook Islands
  • CL Chile
  • CM Cameroon
  • CN China
  • CO Colombia
  • CR Costa Rica
  • CS Czechoslovakia (former)
  • CV Cape Verde
  • CX Christmas Island
  • CY Cyprus
  • CZ Czech Republic
  • DE Germany
  • DJ Djibouti
  • DK Denmark
  • DM Dominica
  • DO Dominican Republic
  • DZ Algeria
  • EC Ecuador
  • EE Estonia
  • EC Egypt
  • EH Western Sahara
  • ER Eritrea
  • ES Spain
  • ET Ethiopia
  • FI Finland
  • FJ Fiji
  • FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • FM Micronesia
  • FO Faroe Islands
  • FR France
  • FX France, Metropolitan
  • GA Gabon
  • GB United Kingdom (UK)
  • DG Grenada
  • GE Georgia
  • GF French Guiana
  • GG Guernsey
  • GH Ghana
  • GI Gibraltar
  • GL Greenland
  • GM Gambia
  • GN Guinea
  • GP Guadeloupe
  • GQ Equatorial Guinea
  • GR Greece
  • GS S. Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
  • GT Guatemala
  • GU Guam
  • GW Guinea-Bissau
  • GY Guyana
  • HK Hong Kong
  • HM Heard and the McDonald Islands
  • HN Honduras
  • HR Croatia (Hrvatska)
  • HT Haiti
  • HU Hungary
  • ID Indonesia
  • IE Ireland
  • IL Israel
  • IM Isle of Man
  • IN India
  • IO British Indian Ocean Territory
  • IS Island
  • IT Italy
  • JE Jersey
  • JM Jamaica
  • JO Jordan
  • JP Japan
  • KE Kenya
  • KG Kyrgyzstan
  • KH Cambodia
  • KI Kiribati
  • KM Comoros
  • KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • KR Korea (South)
  • KW Kuwait
  • KY Cayman Islands
  • KZ Kazakhstan
  • LA Laos
  • LC Saint Lucia
  • LI Liechtenstein
  • LK Sri Lanka
  • LS Lesotho
  • LT Lithuania
  • LU Luxembourg
  • LV Latvia
  • LY Libya
  • MA Morocco
  • MC Monaco
  • MD Moldova
  • ME Negro
  • MG Madagascar
  • MH Marshall Islands
  • MK Macedonia
  • ML Mali
  • MM Burma
  • MN Mongolia
  • MO Macao
  • MP Northern Mariana Islands
  • MQ Martinique
  • MR Mauritania
  • MS Montserrat
  • MT Malta
  • MU Mauritius
  • MV Maldives
  • MW Malawi
  • MX Mexico
  • MY Malaysia
  • MZ Mozambique
  • NA Namibia
  • NC New Caledonia
  • NE Niger
  • NF Norfolk Island
  • NG Nigeria
  • NI Nicaragua
  • NL The Netherlands
  • NO Norway
  • NP Nepal
  • NR Nauru
  • NT Neutral Zone
  • NU Niue
  • NZ New Zealand (Aotearoa)
  • ABOUT Oman
  • PA Panama
  • PE Peru
  • PF French Polynesia
  • PG Papua New Guinea
  • PH Philippines
  • PK Pakistan
  • PL Poland
  • PM: St Pierre and Miquelon
  • PN Pitcairn
  • PR Puerto Rico
  • PS Palestinian Territory
  • PT Portugal
  • PW Palau
  • PY Paraguay
  • QA Qatar
  • RE Reunion
  • RO Romania
  • RS Serbia
  • RU Russia
  • RW Rwanda
  • SA Saudi Arabia
  • SB Solomon Islands
  • SC Seychelles
  • SE Sweden
  • SG Singapore
  • SH St. Helena
  • SI Slovenia
  • SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • SK Slovakia
  • SL Sierra Leone
  • SM San Marino
  • SN Senegal
  • SR Suriname
  • ST Sao Tome and Principe
  • SU USSR (former)
  • SV El Salvador
  • SZ Swaziland
  • TC Turks and Caicos Islands
  • TD Chad
  • TF French Southern Territories
  • TG Togo
  • TH Thailand
  • TJ Tajikistan
  • TK Tokelau Islands
  • TM Turkmenistan
  • TN Tunisia
  • TO Tonga
  • TP East Timor
  • TR Turkey
  • TT Trinidad and Tobago
  • TV Tuvalu
  • TW Taiwan
  • TZ Tanzania
  • UA Ukraine
  • UG Uganda
  • UM American outlying islands
  • US United States
  • UY Uruguay
  • UZ Uzbekistan
  • VA Vatican City (Holy See)
  • VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • VE Venezuela
  • VG Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
  • VI Virgin Islands (US)
  • VN Vietnam
  • VU Vanuatu
  • WF Wallis and Futuna Islands
  • WS Samoa
  • YE Yemen
  • YT Mayotte
  • ZA South Africa
  • ZM Zambia
  • COM US Commercial
  • EDU US Educational
  • GOV US government
  • INT International
  • MIL US Military
  • NET Network
  • ORG non-profit organization
  • ARPA Old style Arpanet

Importing PFX SSL certificates Windows

1. Double click on the .pfx file

2. then you get the box below click on "Local Machine"

3. At the next box click on "Next"

4. in the box that appears, enter the password that was entered when the pfx file was created, also mark "Mark this key..."

5. In the next box, "Automatically select..." should be checked, click "Next"

6. on next page, check your settings and then click on Finish.

7. Importation is now complete

Exporting SSL certificates Windows

From start screen, type and then click on Drive .

2. writing mmc and then click on OK .

3. I User Account Control window, click on Yes to enable the Microsoft Management Console to make changes to the computer.

4. I bracket window in the top menu, click on File > Add/remove Snap-in.

5. I Add or Remove Snap-in window, under Available Snap-ins (left side), click on Certificate and then click on Add.

Exporting SSL certificates Windows

6. I Certificate snap-in the windowselect Computer account and then click on Next

Exporting SSL certificates Windows

7. I Select Computer window, select Local computer, then click on Finish

Exporting SSL certificates Windows

8. click on OK i Add or Remove Snap-ins

9. I Console expand the window Consol Root section Certificate (Local Computer), expand the folder containing the certificate that you want to export/backup.

Note: Your certificate will be in either Personnel or Web Hosting folder.

Exporting SSL certificates Windows

10. In the center section, right-click on the certificate that you want to export/backup and then click on All Tasks > Export...

11. on Welcome to the Certificate... click on Next

12. on on the next page, select Yes, export the private key, and then click on Next.

Exporting SSL certificates Windows

13. on the next page, select Personal Information Exchange, check that Include all certificates in the... is shredded, then click Next

Exporting SSL certificates Windows

14. On the next page, enter and confirm a password that will make the file protected. Click on the Next

15. Then select where to save the file and click Next

Now the .pfx file with the certificate is saved in the selected location.

Forward visitors to https in IIS 7-8.5

First, you must download and install URL Rewrite by click here

When this is installed, you will have a new icon in IIS, click on it.

Forward visitors to https in IIS 7-8.5

Then select Add Rule(s)... which can be found at the top right. Then select Bland Rule in the category Inboud rules and click OK

Forward visitors to https in IIS 7-8.5

Fill in the desired name of the rule, in the section Match URL: as set out below.

Forward visitors to https in IIS 7-8.5

In the section Conditions, click on Add... Ange Condition input {HTTPS} and Pattern: OFF

Forward visitors to https in IIS 7-8.5

Then click on ApplyNow everything should be ready, so we just need to test that everything works.