How to configure a Software Update Point to use SSL for communicating with WSUS

This blog post will be about configuring a Software Update Point (SUP) to use SSL for communicating with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). I know there are many guides out on the web detailing the standard installation of WSUS and a SUP, but not many of them are explaining (or even touching) the HTTPS/SSL configuration. Also, I’ve been getting some questions about this subject lately, so I thought it would be time to dedicate a blog post to this. Very high-level, this post will go through the configuration of WSUS to require SSL communication and the configuration of a SUP to use SSL communication. So, actually the title doesn’t cover the complete blog post. Prerequisites Before we go through the configuration steps of WSUS and …

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