Wildcard SSL
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- phirschybar
I am trying to set up a wildcard SSL domain using plesk 7. Apparently this can't be done on Plesk because they claim that wildcard SSL certificates are no longer valid even on IE6.
So, anyone have an elegant solution for shared SSL usage amongst various web clients who I am hosting on the same server?
Thanks
- phirschybar0
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- sparker0
make your own ca, generate your own ssl certs and simply inform users that the cert is trusted, and to add it to their browser's ssl/cert manager by accepting it.
i'll say this again, there is NO reason to pay for ssl certs.
- phirschybar0
sparker (or anyone).. can you back that up with some references... or show me a site that does this?
- phirschybar0
hmmm.. thats seems pretty complicated to setup and I am not too much of a server geek.
- sparker0
then you either need to purchase single certificates for each site or use a common domain for security.
- phirschybar0
have you ever used plesk? can the CA process you refer to, be automated in plesk without have to dig too much into command line? If not, any other step-by-steps on how to get this done?
- sparker0
no. i do everything from the command line. i don't use web panels. and, for this reason...obviously it lacks fundamental use.
sounds like your best bet is to pick a domain, create a sub-domain (e.g. secure.domain.tld) and store everything you need to be under the ssl there.
just create different directories per site under secure.domain.tld, and transfer the user when they need to use ssl.
http://www.cacert.org/ allows you to create wildcard ca's, but if your host doesn't allow them, then i don't know how you can use it...
you should talk to your web host and see what can be done, as well.
- phirschybar0
sparker.. thanks for all the info dude. The host is MT BTW if that means anything to you. Ummm. I do like the idea of just using a generic domain and running everything from within that. not such a bad idea. I'm surprised that wildcard SSL is such a big deal for security...