Lilla said:

> The drawback is that all domains gives the same SSL-cert so people will
> always get one warning when they enter your login-page

I have faced this several times.  My preferred approach at this point is
to set up a "secure" host on one "main" domain.  So, if I'm running
hutnick.com and hosting for buddy1.org and buddy2.net I might set up the
SM installs as such:

https://secure.hutnick.com/buddy1org/webmail/
https://secure.hutnick.com/buddy2net/webmail/

or maybe just:

https://secure.hutnick.com/buddy1org/
https://secure.hutnick.com/buddy2net/

This might seem sub-optimal at first, but webmail users are likely to
bookmark and forget an ugly URL, but every browser that I know of
(rightly) won't let you accept a cert for a wrong host "forever."  They
/will/ let you accept a cert from an unknown authority forever.

To summarize, teaching users to just hit accept for dubious certs: bad. 
Teaching them that Verisign and Thawte aren't the end-all-be-all: good. 
Ugly URL: bad, but the lesser of two evils.

-Peter

PS: Let me emphasize that I think you are using hostnames the smart way,
and I admire your use of virtual hosting, but the practicalities of SSL
are not conducive to doing things the "smart" way in this case.

-P





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