If you wish to protect the data which visitors submit on your website, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol used to encrypt any info exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some kind or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the information is secure. Usually 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 when you manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't 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 Web Hosting

You can use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every web hosting package we offer and irrespective if the SSL is ordered through our company or through a third-party business. If the SSL is acquired on our end, not only can you pick the shared IP to be set during the order, but you may 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 matter of seconds and you'll not need to do anything manually. The only difference between employing a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your Internet site will not appear in the event that you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but aside from that, everything shall be the same. With this function you could protect the data of your clients and have a reliable Internet site without the additional expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting and the setup takes just 2 mouse clicks in the hosting CP regardless if you order an SSL via our business or via a third-party provider. There shall not be any difference with regards to how the certificate operates or encrypts the info which your site visitors submit, so your Internet site will be secure without having to spend the additional money for a dedicated IP address. The only thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP will not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your website in this way rather than keying in your domain. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained via our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP address rather than a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the instant the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.