How to setup IP SSL on Windows Azure Web Sites

Monday, July 1, 2013

Security SSL Azure Azure Websites

Azure Web Sites started to support custom domains SSL functionality recently. There are two SSL modes supported:

SNI based SSL. This is an extension to SSL and Transport Layer Security (TLS) that allows multiple domains to share the same IP address, with separate security certificates for each domain. Most modern browsers (including Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Opera) support SNI, however older browsers may not support SNI.
IP based SSL. This mode associates a certificate with a domain name by mapping the dedicated public IP address of the server to the domain name. This requires each domain name (contoso.com, fabricam.com, etc.) associated with your service to have a dedicated IP address. This is the traditional method of associating SSL certificates with a web server.