Mixing self signed certs with traditional SSL

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Published on 2013-08-09T20:40:12Z Indexed on 2013/11/08 4:20 UTC
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I have a traditional SSL cert going to a subdomain secure.mydomain.com on my domain. My host required me to have a dedicated IP in order to do this.

I would also like to use HTTPS on my site for when I log into WordPress, etc. and since this is just for me, I don't mind self signing it and clicking through the scary messages.

Is there a way to use a self signed cert for mydomain.com/wp-admin (just for me) when I already am on a dedicated IP that already has a traditional SSL cert for normal users on secure.mydomain.com?

(FWIW, I'm on WHM without root access.)

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