{"id":4921,"date":"2022-09-13T00:37:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T03:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certisur.com\/support\/ssl\/faq\/what-is-the-difference-between-san-and-wildcard\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T20:54:23","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-san-and-wildcard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.certisur.com\/en\/support\/ssl\/faq\/what-is-the-difference-between-san-and-wildcard\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between SAN and Wildcard?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4921\" class=\"elementor elementor-4921 elementor-1838\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7048480 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7048480\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-806d12f\" data-id=\"806d12f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111a5b86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"111a5b86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wildcard certificates vs SAN certificates<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea62d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ea62d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wildcard certificates are similar to SAN certificates with some restrictions. With a wildcard certificate, you can secure multiple sub-domains with a single unique root domain.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you have a wildcard certificate for www.mycompany.com, it will also secure intranet.mycompany.com and email.mycompany.com with the same certificate.<\/p>\n<p>However, you will not be able to secure multiple unique domains such as, www.mycompany.net and www.mycompany.org.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildcard certificates vs SAN certificates Wildcard certificates are similar to SAN certificates with some restrictions. With a wildcard certificate, you can secure multiple sub-domains with a single unique root domain. For example, if you have a wildcard certificate for www.mycompany.com, it will also secure intranet.mycompany.com and email.mycompany.com with the same certificate. 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