SSL Redirect in IIS without causing the browser to give a warning

Question

I have the subdomain https://a.site.com. I need to redirect it to https://a.site2.com as site.com is no longer is in use (we have rebranded).

What is the best way to do this without getting the browser to warn the user?

Notes

My DNS provided wont let me create a cname a.site.com to go to a subdomain called a. on another domain.
I am running IIS 7

Mathias R. Jessen · Answer 1 · 2012-01-24T23:11:27.040

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Since the SSL Handshake occurs before the HTTP Response, you won't be able to do that, unless you have a valid certificate for both a.site.com and a.site2.com

As TristanK pointed out, the IIS HTTP Redirection feature will let you configure redirects for you.

The easiest way though (if you just want the root of the site to point to the other), and from a performance point-of-view, probably the approach with the smallest resource footprint is just to let the browser client handle the redirect itself, with the meta-equiv refresh html tag:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=https://a.site2.com/">

edited Jan 24 '12 at 23:11

answered Jan 24 '12 at 17:05

Mathias R. Jessen

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I do have a cert for both address. What would I do now? – John Jan 24 '12 at 22:41
Updated the answer – Mathias R. Jessen Jan 25 '12 at 12:57
Still sadly seem to get a certifcate warning in the browser – John Jan 25 '12 at 14:18
What does the warning say? Details please? Screenshots if relevant – Mathias R. Jessen Jan 26 '12 at 06:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '12 at 22:47

Assuming:

a user can browse to www.siteA.com and www.siteB.com separately, without getting a browser error

The answer is that you need to use some form of HTTP redirection by the client - for example, to 301 the client to the new location.

The HTTP Redirection module can probably be used for that.

SSL Redirect in IIS without causing the browser to give a warning

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