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jroller
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May 05, 2008

Wildcard SSL doesn't handle root domain?

My understanding of this may be lacking, but is there no way for a wilcard ssl certificate to handle the "root" domain?     Example: I have a wildcard cert for "*.foo.com". It handles SSL requ...
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Colin_Walker_12
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May 06, 2008
This is normal for a wildcard cert configured the way you described. Since *.foo.com does not include foo.com without a prefix, you get the security warning. This has nothing to do with the F5 box, and everything to do with the way SSL certs work.

 

 

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