licobob Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 I am requesting a dedicated IP to enable the use of SSL on my website. Heliohost Username: licobob Site: www.southtexaschl.com Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the assistance.
jje Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 This support request is being escalated to our root admin. Would you like to use a self-signed certificate, or have you bought a certificate from an SSL certificate registrer such as VeriSign. Please remember that self-signed certificates will show a warning to users and are usually used for tests.
Guest Geoff Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 You can also get a certificate from startssl. They offer free certs.
jje Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 You can also get a certificate from startssl. They offer free certs. Yeah - I noticed that before. @Geoff - Do you know whether these actually provide real certificates which browsers will recognize with no catch?
Guest Geoff Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Yes, the actually provide real certificates which browsers will recognize. However, there are a couple of catches: 1. You have to give them your personal information. 2. Their site has browser compatibility issues. If you would like a free certificate (one without having any restrictions), then you will need to go with CACert. However, their certs are not trusted by browsers, so you will need to tell your clients to install the root cert.
licobob Posted February 13, 2011 Author Posted February 13, 2011 This support request is being escalated to our root admin. Would you like to use a self-signed certificate, or have you bought a certificate from an SSL certificate registrer such as VeriSign. Please remember that self-signed certificates will show a warning to users and are usually used for tests. I am going to try the StartSSL cert and see how that works out.
jje Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 Ok. You will have to wait for djbob to give you a Dedicated IP.
Ashoat Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Okay, you should have a dedicated IP within 24 hours
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