For those of you who have multiple domains and would like to protect them, there is a simple solution. Protect the carrier domain and two additional domains using one Multi-Domain SSL certificate. Combined with additional SAN certificates, which we’ll talk more about later in this post, you can protect up to 100 domains!

Benefits of a Multi-Domain SSL certificate

For example, if you use the domains www.podjetje.com, nase-podjetje.si and podjetje.net for your business, simply protect them with one certificate. In addition to protecting multiple domains with a single certificate, using a Multi-Domain SSL certificate brings additional benefits.

Maximum protection

As with other SSL certificates, the Multi-Domain SSL certificate is divided into domain, business and extended. All provide highly efficient 256-bit encryption, static or dynamic page sealing and, in the case of the Extended Multi-Domain SSL Certificate, an issuer guarantee of up to $1,750,000.

Savings

Since you only use one SSL certificate for a large number of domains, this also means financial savings compared to buying individual SSL certificates for each domain.

Additional benefits

In addition to the benefits mentioned above, the Multi-Domain SSL certificate has the following advantages: it is compatible with mobile devices and virtually all web browsers. It also supports IDN characters, which means you can use it with IDN domains that contain characters such as alphabets and other letters that are not part of the English alphabet.

SAN certificates

If you want to use a Multi-Domain SSL certificate to secure other domains you own in addition to the carrier domain and two additional domains, you will need your own SAN certificate for each additional domain. You can secure up to 100 domains in this way. The price of each SAN certificate depends on whether you have a Domain, Business or Extended Multi-Domain SSL certificate.

Difference between Multi-Domain, SAN and Wildcard SSL certificates

We have looked at the features of Multi-Domain and SAN certificates, and the Wildcard certificate has a similar function, except that this type of certificate is designed to protect subdomains. For example, if your carrier domain is www.podjetje.si, then you can use this certificate to protect subdomains such as:

– development.podjetje.si,
– blog.podjetje.si,
– sales.podjetje.si,
– purchasing.podjetje.si.

Any subdomains you add afterwards will be automatically protected by the Wildcard SSL certificate you use.

To help you understand what each SSL certificate offers, we have prepared a comparison table:

Depending on the intended use, there are several different certificates, which are further divided into domain, business and extended. At NEOSERV, we offer all three:

• Domain SECTIGO POSITIVE SSL MULTI-DOMAIN,
• Business SECTIGO MULTI-DOMAIN SSL,
• SECTIGO EV MULTI-DOMAIN SSL Extended.

If you are in a dilemma which SSL certificate is right for you, please contact our technical support (via email info@neoserv.si or phone 059 335 000) and we will help you choose the right one.