Comodo Essential SSL Certificate
Site Seal
Included
Warranty
$10,000
Validation
DV
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Issuance
Immediate
Sub-domains
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Quick and basic encryption from a popular brand
If you're looking for simple encryption for your site, the Comodo Essential SSL certificate is one of the most affordable options on the market. This certificate can be issued in a matter of minutes with the strongest encryption available. Plus, all domains protected by this certificate will display "https" in the URL, along with a padlock icon and Site Seal. However, the main feature of this certificate is the speed of issuance, making it a perfect fit for internal testing domains and light ecommerce websites.
Comodo Essential SSL Certificate Product Summary
Assurance and Authentication
As a Domain Validated (DV) certificate, the Comodo Essential SSL can be issued in just a few minutes. All that Comodo has to do is verify that you own the domain you wish to cover. This can be done by answering a simple email or placing a file in your code.
Security And Encryption
The Comodo Essential SSL certificate offers basic 128-bit encryption and can also be issued with the higher 256-bit encryption. This certificate is also signed with a 2048-bit root.
SAN And Multi Domain Support
This certificate is only available for one domain.
Features And Benefits
SSL Specifications
- Domain validated, 2048 bit Industry Standard SSL Certificate
- Immediate "No Hassle" SSL certificate issuance 24/7
- Unlimited server licenses
- Automated validation - no paperwork
- FREE site seal
- Single Domain Name (FQDN) domain.com and www.domain.com
- Issued Immediately
- Domain Validation
- 256 bit Encryption
- 99.3% Browser Compatibile
- Free Unlimited Server Licenses
- Includes COMODO Static Site Seal
- Unlimited Reissuance
** This certificate does not work for Exchange Servers
SSL Mobile Compatibilities Include:
- Android (carrier specific)
- Apple iPhone and iPod Safari
- Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 & 6
- Microsoft Windows CE 4.0
- Microsoft IE Pocket PC 2003
- Microsoft IE Smartphone 2003
- RIM Blackberry 4.3.0
- Major Operators Inc. Vodaphone
- Orange
- AT&T
- NTT/DoCoMo
- SoftBank Mobile
- KDDI
- Brew
- PalmOS 5.x
- Netfront 3.0+
- Opera 4.10+
- Openwave mobile browser 6.20+
- Major handset providers SonyEricsson
- Nokia
Compatible Browsers:
IE 5+ (above)
Chrome 3+ (above)
Opera 7+ (above)
Safari all browsers
Firefox 1+ (above)
AOL 10+ (above)
Netscape 9+ (above)
Site Seal
This certificate comes with a basic Comodo Secure Site Seal. Since this is a simple Domain Validated (DV) certificate, the Comodo Essential site seal is static and will not display any company information. But, your customers will be able to see that your domain has been vetted by a third-party security expert.
Warranty
The Comodo Essential SSL certificate is backed by a standard $10,000 warranty. So, In the unlikely event that your site is breached and a customer of yours incurs losses because of this breach, you will be compensated for up to $10,000 by the Certification Authority (CA), Comodo.
Unlimited Server License
Most other Certificate Authorities' SSL Certificates (including Wildcard Certificates) are only licensed for one physical server. But with Comdo SSL Certificates's unlimited server license, you can use your certificate on as many servers as you want. You can even generate separate certificates with unique key pairs for each server. That's the ultimate in flexibility.
Free Unlimited SSL Certificate Reissues
Most of Comdo SSL Certificates, including Comodo Essential SSL Certificate not restricted with 30 day time limit for reissuing certificates,
and no limit on the number of times you can have your certificate reissued.
Benefits and Reasons of SSL Certificate Reissues:
- In case of lost or stolen private key, certificates can be reissued instantly.
- Change the common name to which your certificate was issued.
- Reissue your certificate any time before expiration.
- If you'd rather change in your current certificate for a new certificate altogether, we will apply the full remaining value of your certificate towards the purchase of any new cert.
Comodo Essential SSL Certificate Comes with 30 days Money Back Guarantee
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What is SSL domain validation (DV)
A Comdo SSL Certificates domain validation, or DV, is used by the CA Comodo before issuing an SSL certificate to verify
the person making the request is in authorized to use the domain related to that request.
Usually This can be done in just minutes.
Comodo Essential SSL Certificate DV SSL Validation Requirements
The Comodo CA send the authentication email to one of five pre-approved email addresses associated with the domain. The five pre-approved addresses are:
- Admin@the-name-of-your-domain.com
- Administrator@the-name-of-your-domain.com
- Webmaster@the-name-of-your-domain.com
- Hostmaster@the-name-of-your-domain.com
- Postmaster@the-name-of-your-domain.com
Comodo Essential SSL Certificate DV SSL Validation Alternative Methods
There are two additional ways to do the Domain Validation requirement, Those alternative methods are :
- File-Based Authentication – The CA (Comodo) will provide you with a text file that you have to upload to the root directory of your website , this file can be downloaded from your client area when you finish issue the certifiate . Then this will be verified by the CA via HTTP or HTTPS.
- CNAME-Based Authentication (Comodo Only) – Comodo will provide you with two unique hash values (these are MD5 and SHA1). You, in turn, must enter them in your CNAME DNS record. You must use the following format:
.yourdomain.com CNAME .comodoca.com. Once this is complete, Comodo will check on it and use it to satisfy the Domain Validation requirement.
