Features of Wildcard SSL Certificates

Many websites are architected by using sub-domains.  Almost of websites architected by using sub-domains. Each and every sub-domain focuses on a certain aspect of the business. If you want to secure your sub-domain should consider Wildcard SSL Certificates. A Wildcard SSL Certificate secure not just your main domain but also unlimited sub-domains hosted under your domain name.

A wildcard ssl certificate is practically the same as amy regular ssl certificate. The main different between a regular ssl certificate and a wildcard ssl certificate is that a regular ssl certificate protects your main domain while a wildcard ssl certificate also protected any number of sub domains you have hosted under your domain.

Here is an example of an ecommerce website and its sub domains

• www.yourdomainname.com/anything
• secure.yourdomainanme.com/anything
• any.yourdomainname.com/anything

Yourdomain.com would be your plain domain name, whilst everybody the else addresses numbered above are sub domains of yourdomain.com. A regular SSL Certificate would secure only yourdomain.com. A Wildcard SSL certificate on the other hand would cover the main domain; all the sub-domains listed above and any other sub domains that may be added to the site.

Why do you need to secure sub-domains?

Technically, a sub-domain is seen as a separate website hosted under the main domain name. Search engines recognize each of the sub domains as separate sites although the main domain name is the same. If your website is divided into sub domains as illustrated above, then protecting the main domain is not sufficient. You need an ssl certificate that covers each of the sub domain s o your site. Without securing the sub domains customers can be hesitant to do transaction over non-secure sub domains. It can add security risks that you may want to avoid. Instead of buying separate ssl certificates for each of the domains and sub domains, you can secure all the sub-domains on your site using just one ssl certificate. This can save you costs as well as the hassle of managing multiple ssl certificates.