Tommy Ssl

[HelioHost]

All free accounts on Tommy will be able to have SSL for free without purchasing a dedicated IP. The reason we're able to provide this service is because Tommy supports SNI (Server Name Indication) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication Users on Stevie and Johnny require a dedicated IP address to set them apart from the rest of the accounts on the shared IP, but with SNI any or all of the accounts on a shared IP can use https on their website. We recommend any ecommerce sites, or any site that requires a password to log in to use SSL to protect their visitors data. The dedicated IP for SSL is one of the only things we've ever charged users for because our IP provider charges us for them so we had to pass the cost along to our users without making any profit on it. Now users won't need to purchase anything to use SSL on Tommy.

 

SNI is supported in most modern browsers. Here is a list of browser versions that will be able to browse your SNI enabled SSL protected site without warning messages:

• Internet Explorer 7 and later
• Firefox 2
• Opera 8 with TLS 1.1 enabled
• Google Chrome:

  Supported on Windows XP on Chrome 6 and later

  Supported on Vista and later by default

  OS X 10.5.7 in Chrome Version 5.0.342.0 and later

• Safari 2.1 and later (requires OS X 10.5.6 and later or Windows Vista and later).
• Note: No versions of Internet Explorer on Windows XP support SNI
• Mobile Safari for iOS 4.0
• Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and later
• Windows Phone 7

Source: https://www.digicert.com/ssl-support/apache-secure-multiple-sites-sni.htm

 

We're really excited about our newest server, Tommy, and can't wait to get him up and fully operational. As we mentioned recently we're willing to give donors early closed beta access to create a Tommy account. The details of the offer can be found here http://www.helionet.org/index/topic/25503-tommy-closed-beta We'll keep you all updated on the state of the new server as he progresses, and as we get new features installed. If you have any questions or requests for Tommy feel free to ask. Thanks for being a member of the Heliohost community.