Comments on: Multiple Secure Subdomains with a Wildcard SSL Certificate http://phaseshiftllc.com/archives/2008/10/27/multiple-secure-subdomains-with-a-wildcard-ssl-certificate Official Site of Phase Shift, LLC an IT Consulting Group from Baton Rouge, LA Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Rich http://phaseshiftllc.com/archives/2008/10/27/multiple-secure-subdomains-with-a-wildcard-ssl-certificate/comment-page-1#comment-1057 Rich Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:38:09 +0000 http://phaseshiftllc.com/?p=131#comment-1057 Hey, this is good, but it leaves the problem that *.mydomain.com does not cover mydomain.com. i.e. it only covers subdomains. Of course you can use www.mydomain.com, but that's like SO '90s... [don't suppose you know of a way around this, too?] thanks for v. useful post though. It was this or SNI, but that's not reached Lenny nor its backports yet. Hey, this is good, but it leaves the problem that *.mydomain.com does not cover mydomain.com. i.e. it only covers subdomains. Of course you can use http://www.mydomain.com, but that’s like SO ’90s…

[don't suppose you know of a way around this, too?]

thanks for v. useful post though. It was this or SNI, but that’s not reached Lenny nor its backports yet.

]]> By: Jaylon http://phaseshiftllc.com/archives/2008/10/27/multiple-secure-subdomains-with-a-wildcard-ssl-certificate/comment-page-1#comment-491 Jaylon Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:07:25 +0000 http://phaseshiftllc.com/?p=131#comment-491 Great post. I totally agree with you. Great post. I totally agree with you.

]]> By: derek http://phaseshiftllc.com/archives/2008/10/27/multiple-secure-subdomains-with-a-wildcard-ssl-certificate/comment-page-1#comment-415 derek Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:18:11 +0000 http://phaseshiftllc.com/?p=131#comment-415 All of the examples, yours (with www) and mine (code.mydomain.com and test.mydomain.com) are subdomains and this is exactly what wildcard certs are for. You do need to be careful how you create your certs as you can run into issues if you try to use them below the child subdomain level - www.test.mydomain.com is a grandchild of mydomain (www is a child of test and test is a child of mydomain). For your examples, you would really need certs for *.code.mydomain.com and *.test.mydomain.com (or just use mod_rewrite to drop the www). Applying wildcard certs is pretty trivial, the real purpose of the article is to show how you can do it through Apache without assigning all of them their own IP (ie - use name based virtual hosts). All of the examples, yours (with www) and mine (code.mydomain.com and test.mydomain.com) are subdomains and this is exactly what wildcard certs are for. You do need to be careful how you create your certs as you can run into issues if you try to use them below the child subdomain level – http://www.test.mydomain.com is a grandchild of mydomain (www is a child of test and test is a child of mydomain). For your examples, you would really need certs for *.code.mydomain.com and *.test.mydomain.com (or just use mod_rewrite to drop the www).

Applying wildcard certs is pretty trivial, the real purpose of the article is to show how you can do it through Apache without assigning all of them their own IP (ie – use name based virtual hosts).

]]> By: R3v0l http://phaseshiftllc.com/archives/2008/10/27/multiple-secure-subdomains-with-a-wildcard-ssl-certificate/comment-page-1#comment-413 R3v0l Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:45:08 +0000 http://phaseshiftllc.com/?p=131#comment-413 They are not subdomains, they are hostnames. www.code.mydomain.com and www.test.mydomain.com. Those subdomains would not be possible to secure with a wildcard certificate. They are not subdomains, they are hostnames. http://www.code.mydomain.com and http://www.test.mydomain.com. Those subdomains would not be possible to secure with a wildcard certificate.

]]> By: Joe http://phaseshiftllc.com/archives/2008/10/27/multiple-secure-subdomains-with-a-wildcard-ssl-certificate/comment-page-1#comment-84 Joe Thu, 07 May 2009 18:21:47 +0000 http://phaseshiftllc.com/?p=131#comment-84 Thank you for your detailed explanation, it is very helpful. If I have a load balanced server configuration, would it be possible to share a certificate between two sites using the setup you've described ? Thank you for your detailed explanation, it is very helpful.

If I have a load balanced server configuration, would it be possible to share a certificate between two sites using the setup you’ve described ?

]]> By: Ismael Casimpan http://phaseshiftllc.com/archives/2008/10/27/multiple-secure-subdomains-with-a-wildcard-ssl-certificate/comment-page-1#comment-44 Ismael Casimpan Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:20:01 +0000 http://phaseshiftllc.com/?p=131#comment-44 My employer will be configuring a website that needs a wildcard ssl certificate for many subdomains. Your explanation makes sense. I will try to follow this instructions and let you know if everything works and what observations I could add. Thanks. My employer will be configuring a website that needs a wildcard ssl certificate for many subdomains.
Your explanation makes sense. I will try to follow this instructions and let you know if everything works and what observations I could add.

Thanks.

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