----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darryl Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 10:24 PM
Subject: RE: Certs


> Hello William:
> 
> You always seem to give me interesting issues to think about.
> 
> You are right.. Entrust does not issue a wildcard certificate.
> 
> There is some hesitance in the industry to embrace wildcard certificates
> because they encourage the practice of sharing certificates. Sharing a
> certificate results in a potential breach of security and diminishes the
> professionalism of a site.


Actually most web hosts let their clients share certs by doing:
https://host#.company.com/~username/anyfile.html
Thats how we do it and it seems to be common practice.
Its also well supported by Apache.

Gordon
Hostroute.com

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