Difference between revisions of "Wildcard certificate"

Revision as of 17:32, 27 March 2020

Only a single level of subdomain matching is supported in accordance with Template:IETF RFC.^[1]

wikipedia:Wildcard certificates do not valid for *.example.com or www.example.com and example.com. If you need a cert to work for example.com and www.example.com, you need to request a certificate with subjectAltNames so that you have "example.com" and "*.example.com".

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-[[wikipedia:Wildcard certificate]]s do not valid for <code>*.example.com</code> or <code>www.example.com</code> and <code>example.com</code>. If you need a cert to work for example.com and <code>www.example.com</code>, you need to request a certificate with <code>[[subjectAltNames]]</code> so that you have "example.com" and "*.example.com".
+[[wikipedia:Wildcard certificate]]s
+==Limitations==
+* Only a single level of [[subdomain]] matching is supported in accordance with {{IETF RFC|2818}}.<ref>[https://support.quovadisglobal.com/KB/a60/will-ssl-work-with-multilevel-wildcards.aspx?KBSearchID=10223 Wildcard SSL certificate limitation on QuovadisGlobal.com]</ref>
+* [[wikipedia:Wildcard certificate]]s do not valid for <code>*.example.com</code> or <code>www.example.com</code> and <code>example.com</code>. If you need a cert to work for example.com and <code>www.example.com</code>, you need to request a certificate with <code>[[subjectAltNames]]</code> so that you have "example.com" and "*.example.com".