SSL with own certificate

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  1. Mantorok

    Mantorok

    Hi

    I have a cert for my cert but I noticed that SSL management requires unique IP etc. and will cost 10$/month, this seems excessive and I was wondering:

    a) Why a static/uniqe IP is required when certs are assigned to a domain? and
    b) Why it costs so much?

    Thanks
    Kev
     
    Mantorok, Mar 29, 2011
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  2. Joseph Jun

    Joseph Jun DiscountASP.NET Staff

    While the SSL certificate is associated with the domain name that it was issued for, a unique IP address is required because your site is operating on a shared hosting platform so this isn't a problem that's specific to the DiscountASP.NET web servers.

    If the SSL certificate was installed on a site that's using a shared IP address, the problem would be that a site other than yours would be displayed.

    For example, if you had installed the certificate for domainb.com, if you were to access your site through a HTTPS request, it's possible that domaina.com that's hosted on the same server would be displayed instead.

    So to workaround the problem, a unique IP address is required.

    If I recall correctly, the price has not changed in the past 4-5 years, I'm not sure if there were any pricing changes prior to that but the extra cost is something that you'll run into on any shared hosting provider that includes SSL service (non-shared with a unique IP address to be specific).
     
    Joseph Jun, Mar 29, 2011
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  3. mjp

    mjp

    I'll just add that it has become next to impossible to get new IPV4 IP addresses. IPV4 is the format we are all used to: 255.255.255.255. We were denied another block last time we applied because ARIN didn't consider our current stock of IP addresses "depleted" enough.

    As the IPV4 addresses become more scarce you can expect that the price to use them will increase. Not through us - we don't have any plans to increase prices - but in general.

    IPV6 is theoretically usable now, but not really widely enough supported to be mainstream yet. IPV6 looks like this:
    2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334 ​
    And everyone thought IPV4 was hard to remember. ;)
     
    mjp, Mar 29, 2011
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  4. Joseph Jun

    Joseph Jun DiscountASP.NET Staff

    Joseph Jun, Mar 29, 2011
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  5. mjp

    mjp

    Wow - see, they paid more than $10 per IP. That's crazy.
     
    mjp, Mar 29, 2011
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  6. keikoraca

    keikoraca

    I also read an article not to long ago on IPV6.

    There is actually a compatibility deadline for the U.S. set by the Federal Government for September 30, 2012.

    This is when DNS servers and ISP's must use IPv6.

    Coming up soon is World IPV6 Day, which is when a group of major companies will switch to IPV6 for 24 hours to run some tests.
     
    keikoraca, Mar 29, 2011
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  7. Mantorok

    Mantorok

    Thanks for the replies guys. So can you confirm what the cost will be? Is it totalling $10/month? Or is do you need 2 add-ons?

    Thanks
     
    Mantorok, Apr 5, 2011
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  8. mjp

    mjp

    You don't need two add-ons, just the SSL add-on. The IP is included with SSL service.
     
    mjp, Apr 6, 2011
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