SSL Certificates and IP Addresses

SSL Certificates at LuxSci

If you wish to use LuxSci services that require you to have an SSL Certificate, you have two options:

• Have LuxSci buy the certificate for you
• You purchase the certificate yourself

Additionally, for every certificate that will be installed, you will need to order a dedicated IP address.

LuxSci buys the certificate for you

For the quickest and easiest setup and renewal, LuxSci recommends having us purchase your SSL certificate for you:

• We will purchase an SSL123 certificate* from our partner Thawte.com
• We will take care of gathering all needed information from you and coordinate with Thawte
• We will make sure that the certificate does not expire on you from year-to-year by tracking the certificate and coordinating renewals with you.
• Your certificate will:
  • Use 2048-bit keys
  • Support 128-bit and 256-bit encryption
  • Have the highest degree of browser compatibility available
  • Not require any intermediate certificates
  • Be very well trusted by your end users as it will be issued by VeriSign/Thawte
• We will bill you for the certificate -- so you pay us for your certificate as part of your normal LuxSci invoice.
• You get a discount on the monthly cost of the required associated dedicated IP address.

All you will have to do is (a) provide us with a little contact information, and (b) respond to a SSL certificate confirmation email message. We will take care of everything else for you.

(*) LuxSci can provide other kinds of SSL certificates as well, such as wild card certificates and Extended Validation (EV) certificates (the ones that make the browser address area green).

Bringing your own certificate

If you would like to purchase your own certificate (or generate your own self signed one):

• LuxSci will ask you some questions and generate a certificate signing request (CSR) for you
• You will order your certificate from a third party yourself.
• You will provide us with the resulting signed certificate file and all "intermediate" certificates that may be needed.
• You are responsible for ensuring that your certificate does not expire from year to year. You must take the initiative to renew your certificate and get us new signed certificates as needed well before your certificate expires.