If you'd like to protect the info that visitors submit on your Internet site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any info exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any information, 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, therefore if you have a login form of some kind or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the info 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 if you manage a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't generate a big profit, 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 Shared Hosting

A shared IP could be used for any SSL certificate, no matter if you purchase it from our company or from another dealer and regardless of the shared hosting package which you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you'll discover this option on the certificate order page in your hosting CP where you could also make use of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer you. If the latter is chosen within the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you using the specifically configured server shared IP, therefore once you order and approve the SSL, there won't be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the funds you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL will work in the same exact way, so any info which the site visitors submit will be encoded. The one difference is that if you input the shared IP instead of your domain name inside an Internet browser, the website won't display.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated packages and the setup takes just a couple of mouse clicks in the hosting CP no matter if you obtain an SSL from our company or from a third-party provider. There will not be any difference with regards to how the certificate works or encrypts the data which your site visitors submit, so your Internet site shall be secure without having to spend any additional cash for a dedicated IP address. The sole thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP won't open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your website in this way rather than typing your domain name. In addition, we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs bought through our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP address as opposed to a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the moment the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.