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Asked: 2026-05-24T23:33:12+00:00

I have a question, I fear the answer. I have: a top level domain

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I have a question, I fear the answer.

I have:
a top level domain name (free from Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand, .tk, where else?),
a free 2 year ssl certificate from startSSL.com,
a free hosting package.

Now I jumped through every hoop startSSL wanted (admittedly wasn’t too difficult), to get me my 2 year ssl certificate, and now I fear I have encountered a final barrier to success that might still stall my plans. I dreamt of a corner certificate stating “Secured by startSSL”. I got the code snippet and everythings, and have pasted it into my website.

Problem. my host is not so keen on a free package to allow me to ssl.
As far as I know you need access to some config files to allow this to happen?
or can you just like with .htaccess and .htpassword files do the setting on your webhost?

Also you need a static IP. Are there any workarounds?

Or am I dreaming? Anyone with advice?

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  1. Editorial Team

    SSL Requires some files and configuration changes, pointing to the files.

    Also, the static IP is required because with an encrypted request, there’s no way to know to what host the request is intended without decryption. The use of a static IP address gives that request a destination.

    To clarify: when using virtual hosts, multiple hosts will share the same IP address, so when a request comes in, the first two lines are:

    GET /path/to/resource HTTP/1.1
Host: www.example.com

    Apache (or any web server), looks at the ‘Host’ field to determine how to route the request. If the request is encrypted, there’s no way to determine how to route the request, and you need to know what certificate to use in order to decrypt it.

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