SSL Certificates

 Note: Important information about Thawte 2048bit Root Certificate Request

CCS has been a partner for the Thawte Enterprise Account for validating and issuing Thawte SSL certificates for any domain name within uoguelph.ca and a number of pre-authorized domain names. With this partnership, Thawte offers 1 to 5 years SSL certificates at a discounted price. Noted that CCS will only offer upto 2 years SSL certificates on-line.

To request or renew an SSL certificate, please click here to fill in the SSL Certificate Online Order Form. Please be sure to supply complete and accura information, otherwise we may not be able process your request.

The following information is required:

  1. Certificate Request (CSR):
    Generate a CSR on your server, test it and paste the contents into the CSR field of the online order form.
  2. Server Software:
    Provide the application server and version that will be using this certificate (e.g. Apache, IIS with version, Oracle etc.).
  3. Contact Information:
    Name, email address (uoguelph account only), job title and phone number for:
    1. corporate contact (manager/dean/chair)
    2. technical contact
    3. billing contact
  4. Billing Code:
    Please provide the departmental expense code.

Certificate fees  (Tax included, valid until April 30, 2013)

  • SSL Certificate (new/renew) - each year $146.76
  • Can purchase/renew for upto 5 years. No refund on unused portion
  • Click here for service level agreement

For any question regarding this service please email to CCS.SSLCertificates@uoguelph.ca

Please note:

  • Please allow upto 3 business days for your request to be process by us and to go thru the Thawte's certification generation process. Noted that all renewal can now be done for upto 90 days in advance
  • Content hosted on CCS web servers do not need separate certificates except for those with their own virtual domains with different IP aliases
  • If you are requesting a certificate for a non U of G domain, you must first request the domain by contacting us with the domain name information. This process may take up-to a week and require to you provide documentation as requested by Thawte.