If you wish to protect the info which visitors submit on your site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encrypt any info exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure 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 virtually impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some type or you offer services and products online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the data 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 expense may matter when you manage a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not make a big profit, so to save you the money, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Website Hosting

Since we offer SSL certificates with our website hosting packages, you can very easily secure your site and use a shared IP address with just several clicks. The option will be available during the order process, hence 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 such a service, you can use the shared IP, which has been configured especially for SSLs. The certificate shall work in the exact same way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the sole difference shall be that if somebody attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they won't see your website. Due to the fact that our system comes with an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be installed automatically once it's issued, so you'll not have to do anything on your end after you approve it. That way, you can have a risk-free and trustworthy website without having to spend extra cash for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes only two mouse clicks within the hosting CP no matter if you buy an SSL through our enterprise or via a third-party supplier. There shall not be any difference in the way the certificate functions or encrypts the information your website visitors submit, so your website will be secure without having to spend any additional funds for a dedicated IP address. The only 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 anyone will ever try to access your website in this way rather than inputting your domain. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained through our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP as opposed to a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the instant the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.