What Is a UCC?

A Unified Communication Certificate (or UCC) is a digital security certificate which allows multiple hostnames to be protected by a single certificate.

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A Unified Communication Certificate (or UCC) is a digital security certificate which allows multiple hostnames to be protected by a single certificate.

UC certificates are also known as Subject Alternate Name (or SAN) certificates, multi-domain certificates or Exchange certificates.

Certificate with SAN entries

All SSL.com UCCs:

  • CAN secure up to 500 entries. (The first three non-wildcard entries are included, with an additional charge per entry after that.)
  • CAN be used on unlimited multiple servers concurrently.
  • CAN be reissued to change domains at any time without extra fees or costs.
  • CAN be used on unlimited IP addresses with multiple, concurrent private keys (which is great for hosting and virtual hosts).

Entries in any SSL.com UCC:

  • CAN be a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).
  • CAN be a wildcard domain name (i.e. *.domain.com or *.store.domain.com) but NOT a multiple-level wildcard (like *.*.domain.com).

Domain-validated SSL.com UCCs can be ordered for up to five years. UCCs with extended validation can be ordered for up to two years.

This article gives more detail about how to order an SSL.com UC certificate using our UCC Ordering Wizard.

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