SSL generate and install

[Gade Terbob]

This is another one of those questions that admin types should feel free to answer.

In an attempt to prevent another mistake that I have to repair, (see http://www.support-forums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=221 ) here's a series of questions.....

#1. Must I have a dedicated IP?

#2. Which is best:
a. generate cert for secure.domain.com or
b. generate cert for domain.com?

WHM docs are pretty clear about how to generate the cert. The installation routine refers to a "username". Is that the same as account name?

[admin]

If you are going to use your own SSL certificate, you MUSH have a dedicated IP address.

The way shared IP websites work is that when you request a webpage, the name of the site you requested is stored in the header of your request. However, because SSL sites have their headers encrypted, the webserver is unable to determine what site it belongs to.

I would recommend making your certificate match your url name. Like it does at AOH. When you ordered, the script just switched you to https://www.alphaomegahosting.com rather than http://

Hopefully this information is a help to you.

[Gade Terbob]

What about this part of the question?


WHM docs are pretty clear about how to generate the cert. The installation routine refers to a "username". Is that the same as account name?

[admin]

Sorry, missed that part

Yes username = account name, but is NOT the same as domain name.