TCwho Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 Hi everyone, I want to setup my dedicated ssl cert but wanted to know, if it is better to set it up as www.mydomain.com or mydomain.com I remember reading post concerning this issue and the benefits ....etc Drop_Shadow How Did You Hear About Us Email HTML Order Link ---- GMT -5:00
TCwho Posted January 24, 2005 Author Posted January 24, 2005 ...time lapse ....couldnt edit post.. I remember reading somewhere....(other sites) which is better: https://www.domain-of-your-choice.com https://domain-of-your-choice.com Drop_Shadow How Did You Hear About Us Email HTML Order Link ---- GMT -5:00
TCwho Posted January 24, 2005 Author Posted January 24, 2005 ooops ..this is what I get for rushing... to better explain. I am currently using shared ssl, but I can get a dedicated ssl through my control panel. I am given the option of having the certifidate issued to https://www.domain-of-your-choice.com/ or https://domain-of-your-choice.com/ .... Sorry for not explaining it right >_< Drop_Shadow How Did You Hear About Us Email HTML Order Link ---- GMT -5:00
jamesepain Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 ooops ..this is what I get for rushing... to better explain. I am currently using shared ssl, but I can get a dedicated ssl through my control panel. I am given the option of having the certifidate issued to https://www.domain-of-your-choice.com/ or https://domain-of-your-choice.com/ .... Sorry for not explaining it right >_< <{POST_SNAPBACK}> its the one without the www. m8 You Can Win, But I Can't Lose. James
TCwho Posted January 25, 2005 Author Posted January 25, 2005 its the one without the www. m8 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmmm I was told by one of the veterans here that I would want to get it issued to www.mydomain.com ...that it would be better suited to configure.... Drop_Shadow How Did You Hear About Us Email HTML Order Link ---- GMT -5:00
Guest Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 it's up to you. The important thing is that it matches the hostname that you'll be using. IOW, if you customers browse to http://www.yourdomain.com, then you'll probably want the secure link to be https://www.yourdomain.com as opposed to https://yourdomain.com. It's up to you, though. If you want https://www.yourdomain.com, then register the certificate for www.yourdomain.com. That means, though, that if someone browses to https://yourdomain.com (i.e. without the www.) then they'll get a warning message that says "this certificate was issued to www.yourdomain.com and is being used by yourdomain.com. do you want to accept the certificate?" Bottom line: Be consistent. -jared
Guest Posted January 25, 2005 Posted January 25, 2005 whether someone browses to www or to just the domain name, bottom line is you must have your ssl cert match what you put in your configure.php imho i prefer www.domain.com, as most hosts have an alias for domain.com scratching my head here, now is it http://www or http:// that started all this? No, it was Al Gore!
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