If you wish to protect the info which visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encrypt any info exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the real content, and so if you have a login form of some type or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the data is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional expense may matter if you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big revenue, so to save you the cash, our cloud hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Website Hosting

You could use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with each and every website hosting plan we offer and regardless if the SSL is purchased through our company or through a third-party company. If the SSL is bought on our end, not only could you select the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also select our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall set it up for you within a matter of seconds and you'll not have to do anything by hand. The only difference between employing a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your site won't appear in the event that you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but other than that, everything will be identical. With this function you could protect the info of your customers and have a secure Internet site without the additional expense for a dedicated IP address.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes just two clicks inside the hosting CP regardless if you order an SSL through our enterprise or via a third-party provider. There shall not be any difference in terms of how the certificate operates or encrypts the data your site visitors submit, so your site shall be secure without spending the extra cash for a dedicated IP address. The one thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's highly unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your site in this way as opposed to typing your domain. In addition, we 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 instead of a dedicated one, our system will set everything up as soon as the SSL is approved and issued without the need for any action on your end.