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Using Our SSL Certificate (Shared SSL) |
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Some of our plans offer Shared SSL certificate, you can use it instead
of purchasing a certificate of your own. Unlike a regular SSL certificate,
it costs less, does not require a dedicated IP, and belongs to an equally
trusted Certificate Authority. The disadvantage of shared SSL is that
it can be used only with third level domains. |
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To secure your site with Shared SSL, do the
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Select Domain info in the Domain Settings menu. |
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Click the Edit icon in the Web Service area. |
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Enable Shared SSL for the domain in the list. Select the "ON" icon to enable |
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Agree to charges, if any. You may need to "apply changes" for the server configuration at the top of the page. |
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If you are using a second level domain (example.com),
you will be asked to create a third level domain alias (e.g.
domain alias. secure.example.com):
This is
located under WEB SERVICES in
the control panel. |
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Now the site is available both at the non-secured second level domain
name (e.g. http://example.com) and at the secured third level domain alias
(e.g. https://secure.example.com). Note that Shared SSL certificates work
only within one domain level, i.e. for secure.example.com and not for
www.secure.example.com. In the example above, the certificate will not
work for www.secure.example.com, and your visitors will get the warning:
"The name on the security certificate does not match the name of
the site". Your
published url for your secure site will be https://secure.example.com.)
The "https" refers to the site being accessed through a secure
port. |
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