Hello to everyone,

I am thinking to get a reseller account and while I was searching around I saw that most companies provide an SSL certificate but you have to buy the IP address.

What is the need of SSL/IP for the reseller account and do I need one?

Thank you

SSL requires a Static IP to function. i.e. your SSL certificate is associated with that IP. It cant be if there are few dozen other domains on the same IP address. :(

As an example :)

SSL is if you want to show your prospective clients that they are entering a secure area.

^ and that

It's nice to have transmitted data to/from clients encrypted. Even nicer if you protect it after the SSL transfer by firewalling your servers, etc.

The other two posters have it spot on -- you can't do SSL via a name-based virtualhost, it has to be ip-based, which is why the hosts you reference require you to purchase an IP to take advantage of the SSL cert.

Thanks for the replies. And what about the shared SSL provided by the company? Isn't secure enough or it does not secure my clients as well?

This may sound stupid, but I would like to know as much as possible so I learn and do not do mistakes.

All the best

Thanks for the replies. And what about the shared SSL provided by the company? Isn't secure enough or it does not secure my clients as well?

It is secure, but you will be using a different URL than the one your domain uses.

Ex:. your site will be hosted on http://domain.com , but your secure area will be something like https://secure.anonymousdomain.com/~yourdomain/ . Your customers might have doubts about your service if they see such a URL. :)

It is secure, but you will be using a different URL than the one your domain uses.

Ex:. your site will be hosted on http://domain.com , but your secure area will be something like https://secure.anonymousdomain.com/~yourdomain/ . Your customers might have doubts about your service if they see such a URL. :)

That makes everything clear Arbet, thank you very much.

I think I go for it;-)

Have a nice day

Also some of the companies provide you free dedicated IPs. But in that case also you may need to buy the ssl. You can have a check to find some body offering both free with their package. But you should make sure that they are reliable. Best of luck.

Thank you all so much.

Do you think I IP is enough or 2 are needed for nameservers and the domain?

Cheers

1 ip is good if you want it to be the main IP just for your site or to be the shared IP for all of your accounts. 2 IPs are necessary for Nameservers and you could use one for the domain if you want.

What is the need of SSL/IP for the reseller account and do I need one?

If you ask me what is the need of SSL, I would say, it is your responsibility to secure the authentications of your clients when they access clientarea. SSL completes this responsibility. When the question comes about the dedicated IP, I would prefer to use it, as It gives me a dedicated existence under lots of shared members. It includes reverse dns specifically. Though, access through the apache and other services still uses the primary IP, but it is still an additional profit you can have while using a dedicated IP for your reseller customers, it doesn't really cut anything :)

Honestly if you're going to setup a serious reseller hosting business, 2 IPs are the absolute minimum and I'd really recommend three. It's generally only about a dollar or so a month for an extra IP, and I'd rather have a single dedicated IP for the website along with two others for hosting and nameservers. I suppose it's mostly personal preference, but to me it just makes sense when it doesn't really cost you that much more.