Just to clarify, you can get a “wildcard” certificate for
*.t2studios.com but it costs serious coin and is a pain in the ass to
install and configure. Count on needing to become root on your server,
something no shared hosting provider will let you do for any reason.
When you’re on a shared host, you generally have two choices in
security, both driven by your hosting provider: a) Use the host’s
certificate, usually for cheap or free, or b) Buy a certificate and
have the host install it for you. Your host may require you to do
option b through them, and not let you go to Big Al’s Security Mart
for the best deals.
But certificates have dropped in price quite dramatically. The last
time I needed one it cost me $79 for the year, and my host installed
it for me as part of that price. This was at RimuHosting, who I do
recommend if you need a “cheap and cheerful” VPS hosting provider. (I
also looked into buying a certificate directly, and found that it
would cost me the same $79, so Rimu are likely getting a “reseller’s
rate” and that’s how they afford this.)
Walter
On Apr 3, 2011, at 8:54 AM, Joe Muscara wrote:
You’re right, out of date is an issue and should be fixed.
However, security certificates can only be issued for one host and
hostname. Therefore, the only way for me to have one that matches
t2studios.com is to spend mucho dinero per annum. IIRC, I can’t get
one generically for *.t2studios.com to match www., mail., etc.
Authorizing universe.have-host.com gives me a secure connection
without all that hassle and cost.
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