SSL Certificates

Domain-validated SSL certificates are certificates that are verified against the domain registrar. There is no organizational identification information for these certificates and therefore they provide the minimum level of security. Commonly they are not used for commercial purposes, but use them for internal purposes or generic sites. Visitors to a website with DV certificates cannot validate, through the certificate, whether the business on the site is legitimate and therefore often do NOT trust this type of certificate. These types of certificates are recommended to be used where security is not a concern, such as protected internal systems where internal customers or employees already know the established trust of the organization.

SSL certificates have a coverage guarantee issued by the issuer (certifying entity or certificate brand) that applies in the event that the owner suffers certain damages during use and whenever the issuer's negligence is proven. Each issuer applies certain conditions.

To renew a certificate, you must request a new one. You can use a private key that you already have if it meets the security requirements, otherwise you will need to generate a new private key.

To certify a domain and all its subdomains including www, the recommended certificates are "Sectigo Essential Wildcard" and "GeoTrust RapidSSL Wildcard".

You only have to click on the "Signup" button of the chosen plan and follow the indicated steps until you receive the order number and confirmation of payment.

Comodo CA, announced that the company is changing the name of Sectigo. There are no changes to the certificates and the same service is maintained.

Organizational SSL certificates are trusted for business transactions. Organizations are strictly authenticated by real agents against company registration databases hosted by governments. Documents can be exchanged and staff can be contacted during validation to prove right of use. Therefore, OV certificates contain legitimate business information. This is the standard type of certificate required on a commercial or public website. OV certificates conform to RFC X.509 standards and therefore contain all the information necessary to validate the organization.

They provide the highest level of trust and security. It is used by most of the world's leading organizations. They have found that switching from OV to EV certificates increases online transactions and improves customer trust. It is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Sites secured with an EV SSL Certificate display the name of the organization in the certificate detail to quickly reassure visitors that the organization's legal and physical existence has been verified in accordance with strict industry standards. EV certificates restore the trust that users have for a secure website. The criteria for issuing EV certificates are defined in the Extended Validation Guidelines and provide a verification process that is much more stringent than for OV certificates. In addition to improving trust through the strictest authentication process, EV certificates trigger a green bar visible in modern browsers to distinguish the secure site from others. It is extremely difficult to spoof or spoof an EV-enabled site, because even if the web content can be duplicated, the green bar cannot be activated without a trusted EV certificate.

The private key is a fundamental part of the encryption and validation process. In the event that you lose the private key, the certificate will be rendered useless and you will have to generate a new one.

The certificate issuance time depends on the type of certificate and the certifying entity.

You can find more information about BAEHOST SSL certificates on our Blog: https://blog.baehost.com/?s=ssl

It is very fast, between 5 and 180 minutes, after completing the steps required to activate the service registration. Some services are automatically activated upon receipt of payment if you have another active service.

The data required to order a standard SSL certificate are: the data of the holder and technical contact, the type of server, the CSR generated on the server where the certificate will be installed (along with its private key) and an email address. in the domain to certify where the verification and approval email will be sent, this address can be admin@, postmaster@ or webmaster@

To certify a website (accessible with or without www) the recommended certificates are "Sectigo Essential" and "GeoTrust RapidSSL".