[TriLUG] wildcard certificate question - off topic a bit

[lo at unc.edu]

This is a little off topic though we do use apache on
primarily linux webservers, but I am researching certificate
options as one of our current certs will be expiring soon.
One option under consideration is to purchase a wildcard
certificate to cover our current systems and any future
ones as well.  My questions are:

1.  Has anyone had any experience with wildcard certificates
    or had any problems with them?
2.  The certificate vendors all claim that most any browser
    will work fine with a wildcard cert.  Has anyone run into
    browsers that won't work with them?

Thanks in advance,
Loren

J. Loren Watterson
Systems Programmer/Administrator
Carolina Population Center
UNC-Chapel Hill
loren_watterson at unc.edu
+1.919.966.1719