[users@httpd] Re: Name-based SSL virtual hosts

[Andrew Schulman <an...@alumni.utexas.net>]

> I do a similar thing, except I now always get wildcard certificates,
> eg for *.foobar.com. Then, I can host all foobar.com subdomains from
> one IP on SSL, no SNI support required neither in browser nor server.
> Wildcard certs can be a little bit more expensive..

Yes, a wildcard cert is the solution to this problem.  I highly recommend
StartSSL for this.  Their Class 2 cert costs $100 ($50 for identity
validation + $50 for organization validation) for 2 years, and includes
wildcards and as many domains as you want.


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