SSL SAN
A Subject Alternative Name - SAN - is an additional name associated with an SSL server certificate.
The name can be a hostname, an IP address, a common name or other identifier.
Typical uses for SANs is when you want to cover multiple names across different domains/subdomains (www.example.com
and www.example.net
) with the same certificate, or when you have a multiple virtual hosts on the same IP address.