Wildcard-certificates can lead to additional security issues. Wildcard-certificate is a certificate that contains a server name as a possible name that contains the “*” asterisk symbol. It is stated in RFC 2818 specification, section 3.1. If the server certificate contains the…
Wildcard SSL-certificates are designed to protect an unlimited number of sub domains on one domain name. This is very beneficial for many projects; however, this approach has its drawbacks. Wildcard-certificates are becoming affordable and more popular. In this article, we’ll reveal…
If you require an SSL-certificate, which is suitable for multiple domains, then you have two options: wildcard certificate or a SAN-certificate. To understand what kind of certificate better fits your needs, you would need to understand how they are differ…
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