If you want to protect the info that visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol employed to encode any info exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the authentic content, thus if you have a login form of some type or you offer products and services online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the info is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional expense may matter when you run 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 hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all our cloud hosting packages and with any SSL certificate issued from any vendor. When you decide to use an SSL from our company, everything can be arrange automatically and you'll not need to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will enable you to pick a shared IP address to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this function requires a maximum of 2 additional mouse clicks after you fill the required info for the certificate. The appropriate functioning of the SSL will not be influenced in any way and any information which site visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and protected in the same exact way. The only big difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// will not open your Internet site, but it is unlikely that anybody will ever try to access it this way instead of inputting your domain name in the browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages and the setup takes just two clicks inside the hosting Control Panel irrespective if you obtain an SSL from our business or through a third-party supplier. There shall not be any difference in the way the certificate works or encodes the information that your website visitors submit, so your site will be protected without having to spend the extra cash for a dedicated IP address. The one thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP will not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your website in this way rather than inputting your domain name. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs acquired via our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP as opposed to a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the minute the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.