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Do not know how to select a suitable SSL certificate for the website? In fact, it is not difficult to solve this problem. Let the editor take you to learn how to solve it. I hope you will gain a lot after reading this article.

Another name for the server certificate installed on the website is the SSL certificate. When we buy this certificate, the key point is to identify the type of server certificate in order to select the appropriate SSL certificate for the website.

What are the types of server certificates

Server certificates are divided into domain name certificates, organizational certificates and extended certificates. How to choose them often depends on the application scenario of the website.

The commonly used SSL certificate is mainly domain name certificate DV, which is divided into three types: single domain name certificate, multi-domain name certificate and wildcard certificate. Literally, we can also roughly understand that a single domain name certificate is only for the case that the user has only one domain name, and one domain name corresponds to one certificate. It is usually used for relatively simple websites. On the other hand, a multi-domain name certificate can protect multiple different domain names, and the number of domain names supported by the certificate varies according to the certificate issuer. A wildcard certificate is a type that covers everything on the root domain name or hostname, and most importantly, it will include all subdomains.

At present, most domain name registrars or hosting service providers in the market are selling SSL certificates, and there are also some free SSL certificates, but most of them have a valid period, usually 1 to 2 years. In addition, the free SSL certificates are all DV (single domain name). Therefore, we need to decide which type of certificate to choose according to the actual application scenario of the website. Enterprises applying SSL certificate should also pay attention to and consider factors such as domain name construction and management, certificate cost and so on, so as to maximize the value of SSL certificate and ensure website security.

At this stage, most domain name service providers or escrow service providers in the sales market will sell SSL qualification certificates, and some of them are completely free of SSL qualifications, but most of them often have a validity period of 1 to 2 years. Another completely free SSL qualification certificate is also all DV (single website domain name) category. Therefore, people must decide which kind of qualification certificate to choose according to the specific application field of the platform website, and companies using SSL qualification certificate should also pay attention to and consider such factors as website domain name capital construction and management methods, qualification certificate cost and so on, so as to give full play to the use value of SSL qualification certificate and ensure the security of the website.

How to select a suitable SSL certificate for a website

1. According to the type of certificate

DV SSL qualification certificate (website domain name authentication type): only authenticates the website domain name all suitable for personal pages, boke and other website applications; OV SSL qualification certificate (company certification type): the real identity of the unit where the authentication platform website belongs, suitable for middle and lower ten-day sex company-level customer applications; EV SSL qualification certificate (extended certification type): expand the real identity of the company where the authentication platform website belongs, suitable for company-level customer applications with high-width ratio trust. Such as the financial institutions of the financial industry, e-commerce platform.

2. Total number of applicable website domain names

Usually, one SSL qualification certificate matches one website domain name. Only the wildcard qualification certificate and its multi-domain name certificate are applicable to several website domain names. Therefore, if the customer has several website domain names, but also pay attention to the selection.

3. Safety factor of platform website

If the safety factor of the platform website is relatively high, for example, it will involve the sale of money, and so on, but also to select the SSL qualification certificate which is applicable to mandatory 128gambit 256-bit data encryption, so that some security risks can be avoided.

Thank you for reading this article carefully. I hope the editor will share the method and content of selecting a suitable SSL certificate for the website. At the same time, I also hope that you will support us, pay attention to the industry information channel, and find out if you encounter problems. Detailed solutions are waiting for you to learn!

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