If you'd like to protect the data which visitors submit on your website, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encrypt any info exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some sort or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the data is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional cost may matter when you manage a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big profit, so to save you the cash, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Web Hosting

You'll be able to use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with each and every web hosting plan that we offer and no matter if the SSL is obtained through our company or through a third-party company. If the SSL is purchased on our end, not only could you choose the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also choose our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system will do the installation for you within a matter of seconds and you'll not need to do anything by hand. The one difference between using a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your website won't appear in the event that you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but other than that, everything shall be the same. With this function you could protect the info of your customers and have a risk-free site without the extra expense for a dedicated IP address.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate could be used with our specially set up shared IPs, thus if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you'll be able to use this option with only several clicks when you install a certificate you acquire through us or through any other vendor. For the SSLs we offer you can also take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. That way the moment you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the given domain or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action required on your end, so any info that site visitors submit on your site shall be secure. The SSL will perform in the exact same way regardless if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the one thing which is different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP as a URL inside an Internet browser will not open your website.