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bigalow

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#3159532 14-Nov-2023 18:42

after reading up on google your right

all the certs i have used over they years have a been www.site.com and site.com

so i thought it was the case

some companies do www.site.com for free when you do site.com

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#3159540 14-Nov-2023 19:29

bigalow:some companies do www.site.com for free when you do site.com

It is still a multi-san cert

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#3159543 14-Nov-2023 20:03

Embed the target site in an iframe, make sure to look up the version of code so you don't end up with double scollbars.

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#3159559 14-Nov-2023 21:46

yitz:

Embed the target site in an iframe, make sure to look up the version of code so you don't end up with double scollbars.

Please never do this. It is not a good solution.

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#3159634 15-Nov-2023 10:06

yitz:

Embed the target site in an iframe, make sure to look up the version of code so you don't end up with double scollbars.

Mmm, allowing your content to be iframed. A way to say you don't care about security without actually saying that.

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#3159730 15-Nov-2023 11:36

I don't know @yitz but I'm pretty sure that was meant as a joke.

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#3159749 15-Nov-2023 12:32

amanzi:

I don't know @yitz but I'm pretty sure that was meant as a joke.

Probably not since that is exactly how the "redirects but keep your domain showing" crap works on DNS providers that are overstepping the mark with what they are selling to people leading to this sort of confusion.

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#3159771 15-Nov-2023 13:56

richms:

Probably not since that is exactly how the "redirects but keep your domain showing" crap works on DNS providers that are overstepping the mark with what they are selling to people leading to this sort of confusion.

It does have the icon in the post header...

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#3159839 15-Nov-2023 14:58

If you are using Cloudflare, you could always proxy the domain you want to redirect FROM and have it issue you SSL/TLS Certs automatically then set a redirect

https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/examples/#redirect-all-requests-to-a-different-hostname

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#3159858 15-Nov-2023 16:08

Using Cloudflare is not a bad solution. BUT, this is a band aid for the web developer / host not setting things up correctly.

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#3159861 15-Nov-2023 16:11

jarledb:

Using Cloudflare is not a bad solution. BUT, this is a band aid for the web developer / host not setting things up correctly.

I know why you're saying this, and I kind of agree with you. But using Cloudflare for this type of situation is not really a band-aid. It's a solid solution and there's nothing wrong with the approach.

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#3160030 16-Nov-2023 06:50

Thank you everyone for your thoughts. We've gone back to the web developer and he's accepted our recommendation of a new certificate to cover www and non-www access to the site.

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