Security

Learn how to use the Hotlink Protection feature in SiteWorx to help protect your site’s images and videos from potential hotlinking and bandwidth theft.

How Nexcess clients on physical (non-Cloud) servers can allow or block specific hostnames and IP addresses while managing permissions for a site or domain directory.

How to block IPs specific to various countries from accessing your site.

SSL certificates are digital certificates that authenticate your website’s identity and allow for secure transmission of sensitive information.

How to cancel an existing SSL certificate attached to a Nexcess service from within your Nexcess Client Portal.

A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is a block of encrypted text created on the server that will use an SSL certificate. A Certificate Authority (CA) will use the CSR to create your SSL certificate.

Learn how Nexcess clients on physical (non-cloud) servers can use SiteWorx to generate and view a CSR — also known as a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).

Multi-domain SSL certificates — or Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificates — allows one IP address to serve multiple domains and subdomains, though all of those domains must have the same owner.

The premium SSL certificate is an enhanced form of the standard SSL certificate used by ecommerce websites for a higher warranty level and additional validation, helping build customer trust.

A self-signed SSL certificate does not use the chain of trust used by other SSL certificates and is often used to perform internal testing without the effort of acquiring a standard SSL certificate.