If you'd like to protect the info which visitors submit on your website, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encode any info exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the actual content, thus if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and products online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the information is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional expense may matter in case you manage a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big income, so to save you the money, our cloud hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all of our cloud hosting packages and with any SSL certificate issued from any retailer. When you choose to use an SSL from our company, everything can be set up automatically and you'll not have to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will permit you to pick a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this feature requires no more than two additional mouse clicks after you fill the required data for the certificate. The proper functioning of the SSL will not be influenced in any way and any details that website visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and protected in the very same way. The one difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your site, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever attempt to access it in this way as opposed to typing your domain name within the web browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated hosting and the setup takes merely 2 clicks in the hosting Control Panel regardless if you purchase an SSL from our enterprise or from a third-party vendor. There won't be any difference in terms of how the certificate functions or encodes the info which your visitors submit, so your website will be secure without having to spend the extra cash for a dedicated IP address. The only thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP won't open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is quite unlikely that anybody will ever try to access your website in this way rather than entering your domain name. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs ordered via our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP address rather than a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the moment the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.