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You're right that issued wildcard certs are typically quite expensive, starting around $100/yr.

But a wildcard is not difficult for anyone to implement- it is literally just adding an asterisk to the host name in the cert.

Nothing beats the profit margins of the SSL industry.




Heh, compared to prices back in the day (2000~) the current prices are extremely competitive.

I remember breaking a piggy bank to secure a single domain back then, it was around $99+.

Then dropped to $49.99 and now it's $9.99.


The SSL industry is so broken...


Depends on which side you are ;) I agree though, it's totally broken, but not only the industry, the whole SSL system is broken.




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