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Additional License

A Digital Certificate by itself can be used to secure a domain name, on a single server only. Each additional server that you plan to host your domain name on, would also need to be similarly secured; and that's where an Additional License is needed. It licenses usage of the same digital certificate across multiple servers.

The advantage of buying Additional Licenses as compared to multiple digital certificates is that, it removes the delay in issuance caused due to generation of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), completing the Enrollment process and then undergoing the authentication process conducted by Thawte. Moreover, Additional Licenses work out to be a much cheaper solution than buying individual digital certificates.

Note

• Additional License(s) can be bought only at the time of purchasing/renewing the parent Digital Certificate.
• Additional License(s) can only be used for servers which have the same software installed on them and the same associated common name.
• You need to simply retrieve the parent Digital Certificate and install the same on multiple servers. The number of servers (excluding the primary server) on which the Digital Certificate can secure your domain name will be equal to the total number of Additional Licenses you have purchased for the Digital Certificate.