SSL How to with dynamic dns

Question

I've got a home server that sits behind a dynamic ip address. I use a free dynamic dns service (http://freedns.afraid.org/) so that I can access my server via the following (fake) hostname foo.example.com

I use bluehost to host a separate domain, mycompany.com, and used their DNS settings to set up a CNAME to route traffic for mycompany.com to foo.example.com

What i want to do now is throw an SSL cert into the mix. The problem is I don't know how to go about getting the cert. Some companys (godaddy) want me to associate a domain to the cert. I don't know if that's mycompany.com or foo.example.com. Even if i pick one, it seems like the browser would complain about a mismatch.

Any insight would be great.

Answer 1

If the website gets accessed as https://foo.example.com you need a certificate for foo.example.com. If it gets accessed as https://mycompany.com you need a certfificate for mycompany.com. If it needs to be accessed with both names (like if one side would redirect to the other) you need a certificate containing both names.