If you would like to protect the information that visitors submit on your Internet site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encrypt any information exchanged between an Internet site 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 existing level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and goods online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the data is secure. Normally 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 in case you run a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate 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 quickly secure your site and use a shared IP address with just a few mouse clicks. The option shall be available during the order process, thus if you have a dedicated IP address, you'll be able to use it, but if you don't have one and you don't want to pay for this kind of a service, you could use the shared IP, that has been set up particularly for SSLs. The certificate shall work in the very same way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the sole difference will be that if somebody attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they'll not see your website. Due to the fact that our system has an auto-configuration option, the SSL shall be installed automatically as soon as it is issued, so you shall not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. This way, you could have a secure and reliable website without having to spend extra money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated hosting services and the setup takes merely a couple of mouse clicks within the hosting CP regardless if you obtain an SSL via our business or from a third-party provider. There shall not be any difference in terms of how the certificate works or encodes the information that your visitors submit, so your Internet site will be protected without spending the extra funds for a dedicated IP. The sole thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is highly unlikely that anybody shall 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 obtained via our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP address instead of a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the minute the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.