If you want to protect the data which visitors submit on your Internet site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encrypt any information exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the real content, and so if you have a login form of some type or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the data is protected. Normally a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional expense may matter in case you manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not make a big revenue, so to save you the funds, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Hosting

You can use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with each shared hosting plan which we offer and irrespective if the SSL is purchased through us or through a third-party company. If the SSL is acquired on our end, not only can you choose the shared IP to be set during the order, but you could also choose our auto-configuration option, so when you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system will handle the installation for you within a couple of seconds and you'll not need to do anything yourself. The only difference between using 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 instead of https://your-domain-name, but besides that, everything will be identical. With this function you'll be able to protect the info of your customers and have a risk-free site without the added expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate can be employed with our specially set up shared IPs, therefore if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you'll be able to use this option with only a few clicks when you install a certificate that you purchase through us or through any other retailer. For the SSLs we offer you could also take advantage of an extra function and have our system set everything up for you. Thus the instant you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the given domain name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed without any action expected on your end, and so any information that site visitors submit on your site will be protected. The SSL shall do the job in the same exact way regardless if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the one thing which is different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP address as a URL in an Internet browser won't open your site.