If you'd like to protect the info that visitors submit on your site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol used to encode any data exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they shall 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, and so if you have a login form of some sort or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the info is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter if you run a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not make a big profit, 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 Shared Website Hosting

You shall be able to use this option with all of our shared website hosting solutions and with any SSL certificate issued from any vendor. If you decide to use an SSL from our company, everything will be set up automatically and you will not have to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will enable you to choose a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be installed by our system, so using this function requires only two additional mouse clicks after you fill the needed data for the certificate. The adequate operation of the SSL won't be influenced in any way and any information that visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and secured in the exact same way. The one big difference from employing a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your Internet site, but it is unlikely that anybody will ever seek to access it that way rather than inputting your domain name within the Internet browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP option is available with all semi-dedicated hosting plans and the setup takes only two clicks in the hosting Control Panel irrespective if you order an SSL via our company or via a third-party supplier. There won't be any difference in the way the certificate operates or encodes the information your visitors submit, so your website will be secure without having to spend the extra cash for a dedicated IP address. The only thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's extremely unlikely that anybody will ever try to access your site in this way as opposed to entering your domain name. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs purchased through our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP as opposed to a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the moment the SSL is approved and issued without the need for any action on your end.