Does Lunarpages offer SSL Certificate?
Quick answer: Yes, Lunarpages does offer Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate to all of their Linux hosting accounts.
In fact, the shared SSL certificate is included in Lunarpages shared hosting account standard features. Your secured pages would appear something like this: https://secure.server.lunarpages.com/~username/ with the server name replaced by the particular server you’re hosting on.
What’s SSL and what can a secure server do for me?
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security system that establish encrypted link between a web server and a browser. The encrypted link ensures data processed between the server and the browsers remain private and integral. Originally developed by Netscape, SSL is an industry standard that’s used by millions of e-commerce websites.
Operating on a secure server (SSL) allows you to conduct e-commerce activities (such as credit card transactions) in a safer environment. The SSL provides safer passage of information, where data can’t or hard to be decoded by third party. Also, a secure sercer is granted a certs by the Certificate Authority, thus your website users are protected from being directed to another server that’sd pretending to be yours.
Limitation of shared SSL on Lunarpages
A shared SSL comes free with Lunarpages shared hosting account. You pay $4.95/mo (or whatever promo price you’re paying) and you’ll get the shared SSL as one of your e-commerce features.
A shared SSL on Lunarpage, however, will not function with ASP, JSP, and PHP pages. Instead, a shared SSL will only function with html and cri/perl based pages.
What if I need SSL certs on my ASP pages?
For those who requires SSL for PHP, ASP, JSP, a personal certificate (instead of a shared SSL) and dedicated IP are what it takes.
Well the good news is that a personal certificate can be installed on your Lunarpages account for free and a dedicated IP can be enabled on your account with just an extra of $2.95 monthly subscription fees. With the personal SSL certificate, your secure link would appear as “https://yourwebsite.com”.