Ssl – How many domains can be bound with one SSL certificate

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Let say I have an ASP.NEt application which is bound with more than 10 domains using host headers. Is one certificate is enough for me? or I need more than 1 certificate for each domain? If I need 1 certificate, then adding a new domain means reinstall the certificate?

Best Answer

There are multiple certificate types.

  • You can have a wildcard cert *.domain.com which is valid for all subdomains.
  • You can have a single-name cert host.domain.com which is only valid for this host
  • You can have a multi-name cert host1.domain1.com, host2.domain2.com, this is called a SAN (Subject Alternative Name) Certficiate. They are often called "UC-Certificate" by cert vendors.

I'm not sure where the technical limit is on a SAN cert, but it's certainly more than 10 names.