Hey guys, I''m working on a distributed app at the moment, and have a few questions regarding SSL certs. My app will be using entirely SSL communication from the client to the web server. There are two datacenters, A and B, each on a separate IP network (obviously). The app will be using subdomains (domain labels) to identify the customer, so first.myapp.com, second.myapp.com, third.myapp.com, etc, etc. Can I purchase one SSL cert (a wildcard cert) to cover A and B, or do I need to go about it a different way? From what I understand, wild card certs will work across multiple machines, but I would like to get some confirmation of my strategy. Thanks so much, Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Michael, Yes, wildcard certificates can work across multiple machines. If you don''t care about the brand name on the certificate, take a look at the ones from RapidSSL. We use them ourselves for in-house stuff. $199/year. http://www.rapidssl.com/ GoDaddy also offers the same product, with larger discounts for multi-year purchases: http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp Pay close attention to the details. Some wildcard certificates in the market only allow multiple subdomains *per server* and you have to pay an additional fee per each additional server in use. For example, DigiCert sells the same product as RapidSSL for the inexpensive wildcard offering... except DigiCert charges $450/yr. Both provide unlimited subdomains on a single domain, on unlimited servers. - Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
michael.gorsuch-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
2006-Oct-21 16:20 UTC
Re: SSL Certs in a Distributed App
Davoice - thank you so much for the advice. I think that this gets me what I need. Davoice wrote:> Michael, > > Yes, wildcard certificates can work across multiple machines. > > If you don''t care about the brand name on the certificate, take a look > at the ones from RapidSSL. We use them ourselves for in-house stuff. > $199/year. > > http://www.rapidssl.com/ > > GoDaddy also offers the same product, with larger discounts for > multi-year purchases: > http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp > > Pay close attention to the details. Some wildcard certificates in the > market only allow multiple subdomains *per server* and you have to pay > an additional fee per each additional server in use. > > For example, DigiCert sells the same product as RapidSSL for the > inexpensive wildcard offering... except DigiCert charges $450/yr. Both > provide unlimited subdomains on a single domain, on unlimited servers. > > - Daniel--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Michael Gorsuch
2006-Nov-04 02:32 UTC
[Rails] [semi off-topic] SSL Certs in a Distributed App
Hey guys, I''m working on a distributed app at the moment, and have a few questions regarding SSL certs. My app will be using entirely SSL communication from the client to the web server. There are two datacenters, A and B, each on a separate IP network (obviously). The app will be using subdomains (domain labels) to identify the customer, so first.myapp.com, second.myapp.com, third.myapp.com, etc, etc. Can I purchase one SSL cert (a wildcard cert) to cover A and B, or do I need to go about it a different way? From what I understand, wild card certs will work across multiple machines, but I would like to get some confirmation of my strategy. Thanks so much, Michael -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20061005/3d879d2e/attachment-0001.html