[ic] Interchange, SSL???

[jeff_obranovich]

Can someone who has experience installing SSL certificates please help?

I would like to add SSL to my Interchange site which is hosted by
webhostxl.com on a dedicated server.  The company has said that they
will install the certificate for free, however, when I went to order the
certificate (from instantssl.com) they say that the first step in
ordering is to create a Certificate Signing Request using the following
command:
 
openssl req –new –nodes -keyout myserver.key –out server.csr

O.K., I can do that on my local computer, but doesn't the private key
need to be created and reside on the server that hosts the site?  I
could run the command on the dedicated server, but my hosting plan
doesn't include telnet access.

My goal is to secure checkout.html, account.html, and the admin UI.  Can
someone suggest the best way to go about this?  I would appreciate any
help.

Regards,
Jeff Obranovich