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Re: [cobalt-developers] SSL Sharing



corliss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> For those of you thinking that you can share
> certificates across domains, give it up.  While it technically work, it won't
> work correctly, and will likely scare your visitors more than give them peace
> of mind.  And due to MS large market share of the browser market, don't buy
> certificates with wildcards in them, either, lest you, once again, scare your
> visitors.

What you can do is set up secure pages at domains like this:

secure.yourdomain.com/theirdomain

but this is in violation of the user agreements at both Thawte (even
before they were bought out) and Verisign.

Jeff
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