> Guess what? Since Verisign bought Thawte (two days after the deal was
> signed) the Wild card certs are gone from their web site. You can still get
> one at USD 525 (around) if you call and ASK for it-- but it will probably
> drop from the offerings *completely* soon. If you host web sites, this is a
> BIG concern.
We order wildcard certs the same way as always. Generate a CSR with a
name of *.domain.ext and the Thawte forms automatically flag it as a
wildcard cert request.
Thawte will probably be completely shut down within the next couple of
years. At the time the buy-out was announced, the prior owner of Thawte
(now a multi-millionaire thanks to Verisign) said that Verisign promised
to keep the Thawte services available for one or two years... of course
they didn't promise not to raise prices, which was basically the reason
Verisign bought Thawte--Thawte was eating away at Verisign's market share.
Regards,
Bill
