> > Another thing that can be done is to have a wildcard cert
> > (common name = *.domain) this will allow you to have
> > foo.domain:443, bar.domain:443, www.domain:443 etc.  All of
> > the domains have the same ip address and port, and they all
> > use the same cert.  I know that Thawte issues these certs,
> > not sure about anyone else.
> 
> But keep in mind that not all browsers support such certs.  At least they will
> complain that the cert-CN doesn't match the host-FQDN.

Do you know off-hand which browsers complain?  I have only
tested Netscape 4.03, IE 4.0, IE 5.02 beta.  These are all
OK.  

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