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SSL Certificates
From: "CORP John Porter" <jporter () rsac com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:27:28 -0800
I am trying to use a Wildcard SSL certificate, i.e. *.company.com, for authentication to a wireless network and I can't get it to work. I have been given about 6 different reasons for why it isn't working. The latest explanation is that when you get an SSL certificate from GoDaddy or Entrust you must first create a Certificate Signing Request that you then submit to the Authority. The theory is that even though you request a certificate for a CN of *, the CSR has information about the server that created the CSR and that therefore the wildcard certificate will work for any sub-domain of company.com, but only on the server that created the CSR. Therefore, if I have 5 different servers where I want to use *.company.com, I must create. 5 CSRs, and purchase 5 certificates. Does this make sense?
Current thread:
- SSL Certificates CORP John Porter (Dec 08)
- RE: SSL Certificates Dan Denton (Dec 09)
- RE: SSL Certificates Dan Denton (Dec 09)
- Re: SSL Certificates Ale x (Dec 10)
- RE: SSL Certificates Dan Denton (Dec 09)
- RE: SSL Certificates Dan Denton (Dec 09)