All SSL Certificates
Build trust with your users, don't get penalized by search engines
Included in all hosting plans
The service is suitable for
- a single website/host name (Domain Validation)
Includes SSL certificate only
The service is suitable for
- Websites and servers hosted by third parties (not by Hosting Solutions),
- Latest generation hosting plans, Cloud, VPS, mail servers and dedicated servers hosted by Hosting Solutions, which do not require an additional dedicated IP address.
Includes SSL Certificates, installation of the certificate and dedicated IP address
The service is suitable for
- Websites on hosting plans hosted by Hosting Solutions,
- Dedicated servers that offer shared hosting, hosted by Hosting Solutions.
SSL certificate and HTTPS protocol
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a cryptographic protocol that deals with the secure transmission of information. The SSL protocol (today TLS, Transport Layer Security), thanks to the presence of the certificate that identifies the server, creates a secure connection between the server and a client (browser), encrypting the data exchanged on web pages. In this case, therefore, the browser that navigates a website on which a SSL certificate will be installed will use the HTTPS (HTTP OVER TLS - HTTP OVER SSL - HTTP Secure)
SSL certificates and search engines
The SSL certificate is essential for any website published on the Internet, whether it is a simple static site, an e-commerce, a home banking or other web application. The reason is the safety of the connection between browser (client) and server and, consequently, a site that is not equipped with a SSL certificate, although I be public on the internet, could be heavily penalized by search enginesnot navigable mostly of the most common browsers.
Free and paid SSL Certificates
Free Let’s Encrypt SSL
All Hosting Solutions hosting plans include a free SSL certificate from the Let's Encrypt Certification Authority (CA). Let’s Encrypt only issues Domain Validation (DV) certificates, which enable the HTTPS connection for a single website/host name. Activating a Let’s Encrypt certificate is very simple and can be done in complete autonomy: for more information, please see the guide Activate the Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate from the ServerMate control panel.
Paid SSL
The RapidSSL WildCard and the GeoTrust QuickSSL certificates can be technologically compared to the free Let's Encrypt SSL, as they are Domain Validation (DV) certificates and cover a single website/host name. The paid RapidSSL WildCard certificate, on the other hand, certifies a domain and all its subdomains, while Geotrust True BusinessID EV extends the certification to the company as well (Extended Validation - EV).
A different matter is SAN (Subject Alternative Name) SSL certificates, also known as UCCs (Unified Communications Certificates): a SAN certificate is a multi-domain SSL that covers different host names, whether they are on the same IP or on separate IPs. SAN certificates are generally used in environments that need to simultaneously protect several websites on different domains and/or subdomains.