If you want to protect the information which visitors submit on your Internet site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The current 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 goods and services online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the data is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter if you manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big income, so to save you the cash, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Website Hosting

You could use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every cloud website hosting package we offer and regardless if the SSL is bought through us or through a third-party vendor. If the SSL is bought on our end, not only could you 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 do the installation for you within a couple of seconds and you'll not have to do anything by hand. 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 instead of 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 clients and have a reliable Internet site without the extra expense for a dedicated IP address.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes merely two mouse clicks in the hosting CP regardless if you order an SSL from our enterprise or through a third-party provider. There will not be any difference in terms of how the certificate operates or encrypts the info that your site visitors submit, so your Internet site will be secure without spending any additional cash for a dedicated IP address. The sole thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP will not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is quite unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your website in this way instead of inputting your domain. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs acquired via our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP instead of a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up as soon as the SSL is approved and issued without the need for any action on your end.