Shared SSL certificates, also known as Wildcard or server-wide certificates, are used to service multiple third level domains.
On our servers this would be at https://their_domain.commerce-secure.com
By offering this service as a subdomain of commerce-secure.com you are allowed all the features found under your regular domain but with the advantage of secure connections. This includes support for dynamic scripting like PHP, ASP, CFMX and CGI which many others don't support.
According to VeriSign, a shared SSL certificate "enables Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to provide SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption and business authentication to Web business customers, but without the need to issue unique digital certificates to each hosted customer. The service offers ISPs the convenience and streamlined management of a single specially licensed SSL digital certificate to share among multiple hosted web sites".
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