Hello,
I wanted to get a wildcard certificate for my domain and I searched around and found a fairly inexpensive place to get one. When I first set it up I seemed to do it incorrectly on their site and had to pay a $25 fee to get it revoked.
From what I understand from the company a wildcard certificate will only work for subdomains that I specify prior to making the certificate. This does not make any sense to me, I would think that a wildcard certificate is good for any subdomain that I have now or dream up in the future.
I have never created a wildcard certificate but have used them in the past and I think that I'm correct. Can someone let me know what a wildcard certficate is and how it is used and if I will have to pre-load all my subdomains into the wildcard certificate.
Thank you,
Below is the thread I have been having with their tech support
On 12/05/2013 06:04 AM, Robert Sieloff wrote:
Hi Karen,
Being a neophyte perhaps I�??m not using correct terminology.
My domain is Sieloff.com
I would consider exchange.sieloff.com or sharepoint.sieloff.com sub domains, correct?
(support response) No the wild card certificate will cover all recent sub domains (not future). If you want to add some sub domain, you need to recreate the same certificate and add new sub domain manually. (/end)
When I think of a wildcard certificate I would think that I could create a certificate that allows for <<anyname>>.sieloff.com now and in the future subdomain for as long as my certificate is valid, is that correct?
Thanks for your patience and help explaining,
-Bob
From: StartCom CertMaster (Karen Sargsyan) [mailto:certmaster@startcom.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 9:47 PM
To: Robert Sieloff
Subject: Re: StartSSL Certificate revoked, 05 Dec 2013 04:33
Yes. The wildcard certificate can be used on any current sub domain.
On 12/05/2013 05:32 AM, Robert Sieloff wrote:
Hello Karen,
Is this a standard wildcard certificate then? When I was looking around for a certificate company it was explained that a wildcard certificate could be used on any subdomain I had. I have used wildcard certificates in the past and that seemed to be the case, unfortunately I have never had to create one.
Thanks again,
-Bob
From: StartCom CertMaster (Karen Sargsyan) [mailto:certmaster@startcom.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 9:02 PM
To: Robert Sieloff
Subject: Re: StartSSL Certificate revoked, 05 Dec 2013 04:33
On 12/05/2013 04:56 AM, Robert Sieloff wrote:
Hello Support,
I would like to create a wildcard certificate for my domain but I have run into issues in the past and am looking to complete this correctly.
Reading from the FAQ's on the site, #38 seems to talk about a wildcard certificate. It states that I will need to validate all my domain names first. Does this mean I will need to know all my future domain names first before creating a wildcard certificate? Ie (exchange.sieloff.com, sharepoint.sieloff.com, web.sieloff.com, security.sieloff.com, etc..).
(support response) Yes you need to validate all your domains and know all sub domains. (/end)
If this is the case and I need to know all my future domain names, if in the future I need to add another domain name that I did not include in the original request will I be able to do that?
(suuport response) No you can't edit created certificate. If you need to add some sub/domain simply create a new certificate. (/end)
Thanks for your help,
-Bob
https://www.startssl.com/?app=25#38
-----Original Message-----
From: StartCom CertMaster (Karen Sargsyan) [mailto:certmaster@startcom.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 8:33 PM
To: Robert Sieloff
Cc: Robert Sieloff
Subject: StartSSL Certificate revoked, 05 Dec 2013 04:33
To Robert Sieloff,
Your certificate with serial number (113703) has been revoked for the following reason(s):
- the subscriber of the certificate requested revocation.
** If you feel, that the reasons above are not correct,
please contact us, by replying to this message, with
your explanation!
StartCom Ltd.
StartSSL�?� Certification Authority