On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM, <glassfish_at_javadesktop.org> wrote:
> i have to secure a Glassfish2.1 server (SSL). But the URL to access the website is going to be an ip address instead of a domain name.
Why? That's not particularly user-friendly.
> Does "hostname" signify "domain name"? or it can be an ip address?
A hostname is a hostname, not a domain name :-)
I imagine you could generate a cert for an IP address. Still ugly, and
users will get a security alert on an self-signed cert anyway, right?
FWIW,
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