[ic] An SSL Question

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Jim Balcom (jim@idk-enterprises.com):
> My certificate from Thawte is made out to thediapersuperstore.com.
> 
> The site is being run as http://www.thediapersuperstore.com and the
> secure server is designated as https://www.thediapersuperstore.com
> 
> Netscape does not have any problem with the certificate not having the
> www. on the front end. 
> 
> However, IE 5.5 pukes and makes the customer verify the (possibly
> bogus) certificate before it goes on to cheackout.
> 
> And, of course, if I remove the www. from the front of the secure
> server URL, the cookies don't carry because it is only a 2-part domain
> name, not a 3-part domain name needed for cookies.
> 
> (I ordered the cert with a www.on the front, but it got dropped. )
> 
> 
> Are there any work-arounds for this?

Nope, sorry. No way to do anything with it that I know of.

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