If you'd like to protect the data which visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encrypt any info exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any info, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing 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 goods and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the information 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 cost may matter when you run a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not make 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 Cloud Website Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all of our cloud website hosting plans and with any SSL certificate issued from any vendor. If you decide to use an SSL from our company, everything can be set up automatically and you won't have to do anything after you obtain and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will permit you to pick a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be installed by our system, so using this feature requires no more than two additional mouse clicks after you fill the necessary info for the certificate. The adequate functioning of the SSL shall not be impacted in any way and any information that visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and protected in the same exact way. The one big difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your website, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever seek to access it this way as opposed to typing your domain within the Internet browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting service and the setup takes just a couple of clicks inside the hosting Control Panel irrespective if you buy an SSL through our enterprise or via a third-party supplier. There won't be any difference with regards to how the certificate works or encrypts the info your visitors submit, so your site will be secure without spending any additional money for a dedicated IP. The one thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your website in this way instead of entering your domain. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs acquired via our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP rather than a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the moment the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.