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Re:Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the... by wooster20 on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @04:47AM (#8629082)
I'm all for CAs to burn in a special hell. The other cost, though, was always getting a unique IP. Is that still a thing? Has someone figured out multiple certificates for different domains on the same IP? Weren't we running out of IPv4 at some point?
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Re:Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the... by schoen on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @04:53AM (#8629096)
Yes, there are two main mechanisms, each with its own limitations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubjectAltName https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication

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