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Punchline: Dreamhost is now selling 1-year browser-trusted SSL certs for $15, but the domain has to be hosted @ dreamhost, and you also need a unique IP ($3.95

Punchline: Dreamhost is now selling 1-year browser-trusted SSL certs for $15, but the domain has to be hosted @ dreamhost, and you also need a unique IP ($3.95/month). Comments under the blog posting imply the certs contain CN=www.domain.com, with Subject-Alt-Name=domain.com to get around the ever annoying "www." issue there, but I haven't seen one for myself to verify. No wildcard certs at this price level, sadly.

apgwoz 17y ago
> but the domain has to be hosted @ dreamhost From the post: You can use them with us or any other web host. You do however need a unique IP regardless of where you're hosting it.
- __david__ 17y ago
  Actually you don't need a unique IP--You can have a bunch hosted on one IP, as long as they all have unique port numbers (I host 4 or 5 ssl domains on my server). I usually forward the non-ssl site to the appropriate port so no one has to memorize the ugly number.
  - sokoloff 17y ago
    Not particularly a technical limitation, but a practical one: Unfortunately, if your web site is intended to reach the masses, many of whom sit behind restrictive firewalls that only proxy 80 and 443 for web traffic, you need to be on ports 80 and 443.
- juliusdavies 17y ago
  Well, right now it's like this (maybe they'll change it?): "You can add your certificate from our panel’s Manage Domain area." And that panel won't let you "add certificate" until you get yourself the unique IP address for about $50/year; nevermind the strange feeling of setting up a domain through the panel which you never intend on hosting there. They still setup all the server space and resources, but you (the certificate buyer) just never gets around to pointing DNS at ns1.dreamhost.com... I think what he means by "You can use them with us or any other web host..." is that, should you choose to move to a different web hosting company, Dreamhost will make it easy for you to take the certificate with you.

apgwoz 17y ago

> but the domain has to be hosted @ dreamhost From the post: You can use them with us or any other web host. You do however need a unique IP regardless of where you're hosting it.

__david__ 17y ago
Actually you don't need a unique IP--You can have a bunch hosted on one IP, as long as they all have unique port numbers (I host 4 or 5 ssl domains on my server). I usually forward the non-ssl site to the appropriate port so no one has to memorize the ugly number.
- sokoloff 17y ago
  Not particularly a technical limitation, but a practical one: Unfortunately, if your web site is intended to reach the masses, many of whom sit behind restrictive firewalls that only proxy 80 and 443 for web traffic, you need to be on ports 80 and 443.
juliusdavies 17y ago
Well, right now it's like this (maybe they'll change it?): "You can add your certificate from our panel’s Manage Domain area." And that panel won't let you "add certificate" until you get yourself the unique IP address for about $50/year; nevermind the strange feeling of setting up a domain through the panel which you never intend on hosting there. They still setup all the server space and resources, but you (the certificate buyer) just never gets around to pointing DNS at ns1.dreamhost.com... I think what he means by "You can use them with us or any other web host..." is that, should you choose to move to a different web hosting company, Dreamhost will make it easy for you to take the certificate with you.