Questions tagged [wildcard]
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(Self-signed) certificate with wildcards for localhost IPs (127…)
Is there a way to create a (self-signed) certificate that will cover all localhost IPs such as the full range for 127?
I tried both 127.* and 127.*.*.* but neither worked; I still got SSL error pages warning me that the the page (e.g., 127.2.3.4)…

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Multiple wildcard certificates for same common name on different servers
We've recently ventured into the cloud for hosting a number of websites.
On our on-premise hosting we're using a wildcard certificate for a number of websites, and we want to do the same for our cloud hosted websites ( especially since the PAAS…

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DNS wildcard entry doesn't resolve correctly (Microsoft DNS Server)
I am trying to set up a wildcard entry in MS DNS Server (on Windows Server 2008 within Active Directory) so that requests for all subdomains resolve to the same IP address. For example:
name1.my.subd.plop.com >>> 192.168.255.4
name2.my.subd.plop.com…

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Which wildcard SSL cert vendors allow you to set up the same cert on multiple servers?
We are looking to set up a service where multiple boxes, in different data centers, would allow HTTPS access. We are looking to set to buy a wildcard SSL cert to handle any number of vanity sub domains.
We are primarily looking at goDaddy's wildcard…

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Can a DNS wildcard only be the leftmost part of a record?
I'm using TinyDNS, and have successfully used wildcard records of the form:
+*.:
(+ for A records.)
Can I also use:
+development.*.:
?
My intention is for all subdomains to have their development website point to our dev…

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Is it possible to GET or PUT two specific files at a time using SFTP without wildcard?
From a directory of dozens of files, is it possible to GET or PUT two files at once using SFTP?
I do not want to use a wildcard because I don't necessarily know the names of all the files and don't want to affect other files.
I'm hoping there's…

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is wildcard ssl insecure?
Is there anything inherently more insecure about using a wildcard SSL certificate over a regular SSL certificate?
We are looking to implement a subdomained web application (a la FreshBooks and BaseCamp, where users pick a subdomain), and one of our…

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Wildcard records with Nginx to handle custom domains
Here's my 4, going on 5 hour problem:
I've set up a WordPress multisite instance that's going to be handling sites at domain.com, subdomain.domain.com and customdomain.com. There will be N number of sites using customdomain.com, so I'd prefer not…

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Wildcard subdomains on localhost using IIS7
I'm running IIS 7 on Windows 7 and would like to setup wildcard subdomains to test out an ASP.NET multi-tenant application that uses the subdomain to identify the user. How can I achieve this?

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Trying to update certificate (just renewed) to existing keystore on Tomcat server
I have a .crt file to update the server thats running Tomcat 5.5. If I run:
keytool - import -alias tomcat -keystore tomcat.ks - trustcacerts -file website.net.crt
I get the following error:
keytool error:…
Steve
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Apache2 VirtualHost auto subdomain
I just got myself a brand new Linux-server (Debian Stable). The server is primarily used for webhosting and webdevelopment.
I installed Apache2, PHP5 and MySQL and it all works.
The way I organize my sites, is with the following path:…

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wildcard ssl certificate - exchange 2010 - POP/IMAP problem
previously we have requested a wildcard ssl certificate from godaddy for our major domain.
one of the reasons was the new established exchange server 2010.
usually you require following names included in certificiate:
FQDN (e.g.…

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IIS6 Wildcard Mapping to ASP.NET - no file extension results in IIS 404
I'm trying to perform what I understand to be a relatively simple task. I'd like to remove the extensions from the URLs on my website. I have the proper set up in my application to handle and rewrite the URLs - the trouble is I can't get past IIS to…

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Dynamic Error and Custom logs in apache 2 using wildcard subdomains
I'm trying to make a wildcard VirtualHost conf file for apache2, and I'm not sure how to handle the ErrorLog and CustomLog settings to put the logs where I want them to go. As you can see in the second VirtualHost, I have the logs in a logs folder…

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nginx sub directory wildcard rewrite
I have set up a server block on my nginx server, e.g. with domain testsite.com. I want to be able to install separate WordPress installations into direct child folders of the root folders, e.g. /var/www/html/testsite.com/childfolder1,…

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