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diff --git a/docs/stanford-naming b/docs/stanford-naming
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@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Object Naming
(OLD: <group>-<server>-ssh-<type>)
- ssl-key/<server>
+ ssl-key/<server>[/<application>]
Stores the SSL X.509 certificate private key for <server>. Used
for Apache, Postfix, LDAP, and similar cases where the certificate
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ Object Naming
virtual hosts, for example, or because the certificate is for a
load-balanced name).
+ An optional <application> component may be added if there are
+ multiple certificates with the same host name as the CN but with
+ different private keys. (This may happen if, for example,
+ multiple services are running on the same FQDN but should have
+ isolated security contexts.)
+
Use ssl-key/starYYYY.stanford.edu for the key for the
*.stanford.edu certificate, where YYYY is the expiration year.