If you want to protect the info which visitors submit on your Internet site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encrypt any information exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person 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 sort or you offer services and goods online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the data is secure. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional cost may matter when you run a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't make a big revenue, 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 Website Hosting

As we offer SSL certificates with our cloud website hosting solutions, you can very easily secure your site and use a shared IP address with just a couple of clicks. The option will be available during the order procedure, so if you have a dedicated IP, you could use it, but if you do not have one and you do not want to pay for this kind of a service, you can use the shared IP, that has been set up particularly for SSLs. The certificate will work in the very same way as if it had a dedicated IP and the sole difference shall be that if somebody tries to open the IP address as a URL, they will not see your website. Due to the fact that our system has an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be installed automatically the instant it is issued, so you shall not have to do anything on your end after you approve it. That way, you could have a protected and reliable Internet site without spending extra money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated service and the setup takes just two clicks within the hosting Control Panel regardless if you order an SSL from our business or from a third-party provider. There shall not be any difference in the way the certificate works or encodes the data your website visitors submit, so your website will be protected without having to spend the additional money for a dedicated IP address. The one thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP won't open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your site in this way as opposed to typing your domain. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs purchased through our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP instead of a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the moment the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.