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Installing without SSL

  • June 7, 2004 at 1:13 pm

    #111550

    Hi

    Is it possible to install reporting services without SSL ? If not, can it be harmfull for yr server to install it ? And where can i find it ?

    Thx

    J


    JV

  • June 8, 2004 at 10:31 am

    #509527

    Hi JV,

    You can install Reporting Services without SSL.  I'm not sure if your second question is regarding whether RS or SSL can be harmful, but I'll assume that you mean SSL.

    SSL is a Certificate Based encryption technology.  In general, for Internet facing applications, you'd need to get a Certificate from a Trusted Certificate Authority such as Verisign or GTE CyberTrust.  For Intranet applications, you could use an internal Certificate if you have a Certificate Server installed on your network.  Public certificates are fairly expensive, I beleive in the neighborhood of $500.

    SSL is a stable technology and shouldn't be considered harmful.  However, there are some considerations to be aware of when using SSL on SQL Servers.  For example, if you set your SQL Server to require SSL, which isn't required for Reporting Services, and the certificate expires, you won't be able to connect to SQL until the certificate is renewed or you remove the requirement.


    Regards,
    Steve

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