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#Securing apps
{: #securingapps}

*Last updated: 30 March 2016*
*Last updated: 9 May 2016*

You can secure your applications by uploading SSL certificates and restricting access to the applications.
{:shortdesc}
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Before you can upload certificates, you must create a certificate signing request. See [Creating certificate signing requests](#ssl_csr).

To properly serve the SSL certificate, you must use the following IP addresses to configure the DNS server when creating a custom domain to provide the URL route that is allocated to your organization in {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}.
When you use a custom domain, to serve the SSL certificate, use the following region endpoints to provide the URL route that is allocated to your organization in Bluemix:

* US-SOUTH: 75.126.81.68
* EU-GB: 5.10.124.142
* AU-SYD: 168.1.35.166
* US-South: secure.us-south.bluemix.net
* EU-GB: secure.eu-gb.bluemix.net
* AU-SYD: secure.au-syd.bluemix.net

The IP addresses that you use for dedicated environments are different. Contact your IBM representative to get the IP address for a dedicated environment.

For more information about creating a custom domain, see [Creating and using a custom domain](updapps.html#domain).

To upload a certificate for your application:

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A digital document that binds a public key to the identity of the certificate owner, thereby enabling the certificate owner to be authenticated. A certificate is issued by a certificate authority and is digitally signed by that authority.

A certificate is generally issued and signed by a certificate authority. However, for testing and development purposes you might use a self-signed certificate.

The following types of certificates are supported in {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}:

* PEM (pem, .crt, .cer, and .cert)
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