Category : Multi-domain certificates FAQ

After the certificate is issued, the number of available SANs (hostname slots) cannot be decreased. You can, however, change the used hostnames via reissue. Another solution is to request cancellation and refund of the existing certificate within the acceptable refund grace period and purchase the new one with the correct amount of additional domains. IMPORTANT NOTE: ..

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All multi-domain SSL certificates have 3 SANs by default. A SAN is a domain seat/slot in an SSL’s configuration. Here is an example of how SANs work: While one-site.com and www.one-site.com are technically 1 website, the www version and the non-www version take 2 separate seats. With the default multi-domain configuration of 3 SANs, you ..

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Multi-domain certificates can only be renewed with the same number of SANs (additional domains). There is no option to change the number of additional domains during checkout. However, there are two ways to add more additional domains to the renewal certificate: purchase additional domains before activating the renewal certificate; activate the renewal certificate and purchase ..

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This article explains how to add SANs to the following  multi-domain certificates purchased from SSLs.com: PositiveSSL Multi-Domain Multi-Domain SSL Unified Communications EV Multi-Domain SSL If your certificate has been already activated, the number of additional domains in your multi-domain certificate can be changed by initiating the reissuance process. If the certificate has not been activated ..

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A multi-domain certificate is designed to secure many domain and/or subdomain names. These certificates are mostly used to secure the services of Microsoft Exchange Server (versions 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013), Office Communications Server 2007 or Mobile Device Manager. These certificates can secure the combination of completely unique domains and subdomains with different TLDs (Top Level ..

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The difference in coverage of www and non-www hostnames is determined by the technical features of a particular SSL. Single-domain and Wildcard certificates we provide support coverage of both www and non-www domains. Multi-Domain Certificates consider www.example.com and example.com to be two different domains. The tables below represent www and non-www support for all SSL ..

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