If you want to protect the info which visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol employed to encode any information 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 literally impossible to decrypt the actual content, so if you have a login form of some type or you offer products and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the information is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional expense may matter if you manage a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't make a big income, so to save you the money, 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

As we offer SSL certificates with our cloud hosting packages, you can effortlessly secure your Internet site and use a shared IP address with just several mouse clicks. The option will be available during the order process, hence if you have a dedicated IP, you can use it, but if you don't have one and you don't want to pay for this sort of a service, you can use the shared IP, that has been set up especially for SSLs. The certificate will work in the exact same way as if it had a dedicated IP and the sole difference will be that if somebody tries to open the IP address as a URL, they'll not see your Internet site. As our system includes an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be set up automatically the moment it is issued, so you shall not have to do anything on your end after you approve it. In this way, you'll be able to have a protected and reliable site without spending extra money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Any SSL certificate could be employed with our specifically set up shared IPs, thus if you have a semi-dedicated hosting account, you can use this option with simply a couple of mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you acquire through us or through some other vendor. For the SSLs we offer you could also take advantage of an extra function and have our system set everything up for you. That way as soon as you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the given domain name or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed without any action required on your end, and thus any information that site visitors submit on your site will be secure. The SSL shall perform in the same exact way no matter if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the 1 thing that's different between the two setups is that entering the shared IP as a URL within an Internet browser won't open your website.