I'm just wondering how resellers' clients access the shared SSL on plans that they sign up for (assuming the plan has the shared SSL inclusive)

ie: Case 1:
https://secure.myreselleraccount.com/~myclientusername

or
Case 2:
https://secure.myhostprovider.com/~myclientusername

??

if it is Case 2 by default after signing up for a reseller account* that means that I'll need to have my own SSL Certificate right???

*assume I'm signing up for a host that offers WHM & Cpanel features.

I think it depends on how your host sets up their own certificate. You may be able to share theirs or go out an get your own.

Most hosts will let you use their certificated or have your own installed for instance or users have this free:

https://www.nethosters.com/~username/

or they can give us their certificate which we install for them so they can use

https://www.theirdomain.com

you have to purchase your own SSL certificate (I think they are $89 or something now).

jic,

if I were to resell for you, and when my client needs to use the SSL, that means that they'll know that I'm a reseller of you since they will be accessing your SSL,

If I were to have my own certificate, so that means that my clients is able to use my certificate right??
ie: https://www.myreselleraccount.com/~myclientusername
??

I'm interested in what the URL would be like in accessing the SSL.

Because if I am a reseller, I dont' want my clients to know the SSL that my host provider provides...

I rather to have it shown like it is above...

Originally posted by Blanket
Because if I am a reseller, I dont' want my clients to know the SSL that my host provider provides...

I rather to have it shown like it is above...

If the domain name in the URL doesn't match the domain name on the cert, browsers will get an error message making that very clear. You'll have to buy your own cert to get what you want.

Please also read the terms of service that accompany your certificate. You will find that sharing SSL certs, especially from wholesaler to reseller to end user, is at best a violation of those terms and at worst fraud.

The common practice of sharing SSL certs has completely invalidated the value of the certs themselves. SSL is no longer a guarantee that a business has been investigated and found to be a genuine business, or is it a guarantee that encrypted data is private between the buyer and the seller.