On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Federico Sevilla III wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 05:47:49PM +0800, Pong wrote:
> > but you will need a wildcard cert instead (*.domain.com) for all of
> > them.
> 
> Can we make self-signed wildcard certificates with OpenSSL?
> 

openssl can! =)  when the CN is asked for, just type in the domain
with the wildcard, ex:  *.q-linux.com
then self-sign it.

and then you can put that same cert for any ssl-enabled subdomains
under q-linux.com.  the disadvantage of course is multiplying
the task of protecting the single key by the number of subdomains.

if you need a real CA, Thawte (a Verisign company)
can sign it although at a higher price than regular beer.

browser support is good.  the major browsers support it = 98%
although 2% of the internet crowd is still alot.

pong


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