If you want to protect the data which visitors submit on your site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encrypt any info exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing 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 products and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the information is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional expense may matter if you manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big revenue, so to save you the funds, 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 can use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every single shared website hosting package which we offer and regardless if the SSL is obtained through us or through a third-party vendor. If the SSL is obtained on our end, not only will you be able to pick the shared IP to be set during the order, but you could also select our auto-configuration option, so when you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system will handle the installation for you within a few seconds and you won't have to do anything yourself. The one difference between employing a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your Internet site won't appear if you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but aside from that, everything shall be identical. With this feature you could protect the information of your customers and have a risk-free Internet site without the added expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate could be employed with our specifically configured shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you could use this option with just several mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you purchase through us or through any other retailer. For the SSLs we offer you can also take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. This way the instant you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the given domain or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed with no action expected on your end, and so any data that website visitors submit on your site will be protected. The SSL shall do the job in the same exact way no matter if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the only thing that's different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP as a URL inside a web browser will not open your Internet site.