If you want to protect the info which visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encrypt any information exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any info, they shall 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, thus if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and goods online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the data is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional expense may matter when you manage a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't make a big income, so to save you the money, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting

You can use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with each cloud hosting package that we offer and no matter if the SSL is acquired through our company or through a third-party firm. If the SSL is bought on our end, not only can you select the shared IP to be set during the order, but you could also choose our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall install it for you within a few seconds and you will not have to do anything by hand. The one difference between employing a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your website will not appear in case you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but besides that, everything will be exactly the same. With this function you'll be able to protect the information of your customers and have a reliable Internet site without the extra expense for a dedicated IP address.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated packages and the setup takes just two mouse clicks in the hosting CP regardless if you order an SSL via our business or from a third-party supplier. There shall not be any difference with regards to how the certificate works or encrypts the information which your visitors submit, so your Internet site will be protected without spending any additional cash for a dedicated IP address. The only thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP will not open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your site in this way as opposed to inputting your domain name. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained through our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP address as opposed to a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the instant the SSL is approved and issued without the need for any action on your end.