{"id":6898,"date":"2021-10-27T12:17:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T12:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6898"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:03:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:03:02","password":"","slug":"ssl-certificate-for-ip-addresses","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/ssl-certificate-for-ip-addresses\/","title":{"rendered":"SSL Certificate for IP addresses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SSL certificates can be issued on IP addresses. However, for this to happen, a few conditions have to be met<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SSL can be issued for\u00a0a\u00a0<strong>public<\/strong>\u00a0IP address.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>Your organization must\u00a0<strong>own\u00a0<\/strong>that\u00a0particular IP\u00a0address.In other words,the IP address must be\u00a0exclusively\u00a0assigned to your organization (not\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0web hosting company).\u00a0<\/li><li>A certificate authority must be able to verify\u00a0your IP ownership under\u00a0an IP WHOIS lookup. Your organization\u2019s name, physical address, phone number, and email id must be shown in\u00a0the\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultratools.com\/tools\/ipWhoisLookup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IP WHOIS lookup<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>You must buy an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sectigostore.com\/ssl-types\/ov-ssl-certificates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Organization Validated (OV) SSL<\/a>\u00a0certificate to secure\u00a0an\u00a0IP address.\u00a0<\/li><li>Both\u00a0<strong>OV\u00a0Single domain<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>OV\u00a0multi-domain<\/strong>\u00a0SSL certificates can be used for\u00a0an\u00a0IP address.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>You can write an\u00a0IP\u00a0address\u00a0in the\u00a0Common Name (CN) or a Subject Alternative Name (SAN) field\u00a0(if you have\u00a0chosen\u00a0a multi-domain SSL).\u00a0<\/li><li>All version of\u00a0Windows will support the SSL if you specify the IP address as the\u00a0Common Name (CN).\u00a0Windows 8.1 and earlier\u00a0versions will not support the SSL\u00a0certificate\u00a0if you\u00a0specify\u00a0an\u00a0IP address as\u00a0a\u00a0Subject Alternative Name (SAN).\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSL certificates can be issued on IP addresses. 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