If you wish to protect the info which visitors submit on your website, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encrypt any information exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure 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 literally impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some kind or you offer goods and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the info 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 expense may matter in case you run a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big income, so to save you the money, 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

As we offer SSL certificates with our shared hosting packages, you can very easily secure your site and use a shared IP address with only a few clicks. The option shall be available during the order process, so if you have a dedicated IP, you'll be able to use it, but if you don't have one and you don't want to pay for this type of a service, you can use the shared IP, that has been set up especially for SSLs. The certificate will work in the same exact way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the sole difference will be that if someone attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they will not see your Internet site. Due to the fact that our system features an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be installed automatically the moment it's issued, so you'll not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. This way, you could have a risk-free and trustworthy website without having to spend extra cash for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate could be used with our specifically set up shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you could use this option with just several mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you obtain through us or through any other dealer. For the SSLs we offer you could also take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. This way the minute you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the specific domain or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed without any action expected on your end, so any data that website visitors submit on your site shall be secure. The SSL shall do the job in the same exact way irrespective if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the 1 thing that is different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP address as a URL inside an Internet browser won't open your site.