If you wish to protect the info that visitors submit on your Internet site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol used to encode any info exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the real content, therefore if you have a login form of some type or you offer services and products 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 store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't make a big income, so to save you the funds, our cloud hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Website Hosting

Given that we offer SSL certificates with our cloud website hosting packages, you can easily secure your website and use a shared IP address with only a couple of clicks. The option shall be available during the order procedure, thus if you have a dedicated IP, you'll be able to use it, but if you do not have one and you don't want to pay for this type of a service, you could use the shared IP, that has been configured particularly for SSLs. The certificate will work in the very same way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the one difference will be that if anyone attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they will not see your website. Since our system features an auto-configuration option, the SSL shall be installed automatically the moment it is issued, so you'll not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. This way, you could have a protected and trustworthy site without spending extra money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate can be used with our specially set up shared IPs, therefore if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you could use this option with just a few mouse clicks when you install a certificate that you purchase through us or through some other dealer. For the SSLs which we offer you are also able to take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. This way as soon as you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the specific domain name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action needed on your end, and thus any information that visitors submit on your Internet site will be secure. The SSL will function in the same exact way irrespective if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the only thing that's different between the two setups is that entering the shared IP address as a URL in a web browser won't open your website.