SSL and Aliases

[RodStr]

Forgive the basic question here... never ran into this before.

If I have a customer that has abccompany.com
an alias abccompany.biz

The customer now wants to setup SSL Cert to the site to lock it down for credit card work.

Do they need separate certificates for abccompany.com and abccompany.biz, or will a single certificate for abccompany.com work because the .biz is simply an alias to the other ?

They want https access from either the .com or the .biz to work.

And... if it requries separate certificates, this is going to require separate dedicated IPs for each correct ?

Thanks !

Rod

 

[ollybee]

When you buy an SSL it's valid for a single domain, although the providers normally throw in the www. subdomain as well.

If you buy the domain for the .com address it would not work when accessing via the .biz address. The best thing to do would be to use a 301 redirect for the page you want to secure so that accessing say abccompany.biz/checkout.php redirects to https://abccompany.com/checkout.php

There are special kinds of SSL's valid for multiple domains. Mostcomanly wildcard SSL valid for any subdomain of the main domain eg . shop1.abccompany.com or and shop2.abccompany.com
You can also get SAN SSL valid for multiple domains, these are unusual and it's generally much cheaper to buy multiple SSL's

 

[Davis J]

Generally SSL Certificate works for only issued domain name, So best option is to Buy an SSL for multi domain ( SAN SSL ). GeoTrust SAN SSL reseller price is $129 offer by http://www.sslmatrix.com
or
Redirection method as per ollybee suggestion.