> Kim, I have a question on wildcards from Geotrust. Already was there and
> read all about wildcards two weeks ago. They offer wildcard certs only per
> machine,
Thawte recently switched to per-subdomain licensing for their wildcard certs.
Comodo and Geotrust are using per-machine (i.e. unlimited subdomains on
one machine) licensing.
So if you have a lot of subdomains on one machine that you want to secure,
Comodo and Geotrust would be more cost effective. On the other hand, if
you have several physical web servers (i.e. www, www2, www3, etc. -- only
one subdomain per machine), the Thawte wildcard cert would be more cost
effective.
> that is: a wildcard cert will only be valid for ONE machine. This
It is *licensed* for one machine (or the number of machines you bought
licenses for).
Prior to the new licensing schemes (and price increases), you could
legally used a Thawte wildcard cert on multiple machines with multiple
subdomains for only $100 a year. Yes, it's all about the bottom line...
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