Forum Discussion
hooleylist
Mar 03, 2009Cirrostratus
From LTM's perspective it doesn't make a difference. LTM will use either type of cert to decrypt the SSL. There is a difference in functionality though:
wildcard cert *.example.com
valid for: www.example.com, ftp.example.com, mail.example.com and any other subdomain of example.com
not valid for: example.com
SAN cert:
valid for www.example.com, www.example.co.uk, www.example.net, www.example.org
not valid for any domain that isn't explicitly specified
Also note that there might not be universal browser support for SAN's. I haven't seen issues with modern browser versions, but it's something to look into.
Aaron