If you want to protect the data which visitors submit on your Internet site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encrypt any info exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the actual content, and so if you have a login form of some type or you offer services and goods online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the information is protected. 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 in case you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't generate 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 Shared Hosting

A shared IP could be used for any SSL certificate, no matter if you buy it from us or from another dealer and regardless of the shared hosting service which you have on our end. If you get the SSL from us, you shall find this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting CP where you could also make use of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer. If the latter is picked in the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you through the specially configured server shared IP, so once you buy and approve the SSL, there shall not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the money that you'll otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL will work in the exact same way, so any info which the website visitors submit will be encoded. The one difference is that if you input the shared IP instead of your domain inside a browser, the website shall not display.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated services and the setup takes merely 2 mouse clicks within the hosting CP no matter if you get an SSL via our enterprise or through a third-party provider. There will not be any difference in the way the certificate functions or encrypts the information that your site visitors submit, so your Internet site will be protected without spending the additional funds for a dedicated IP. The only thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP won't open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever try to access your site in this way as opposed to inputting your domain. In addition, we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained through our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP address rather than a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the instant the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.