If you'd like to protect the data that visitors submit on your site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encrypt any data exchanged between a 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 present level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the authentic content, and so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the info is protected. 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 manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not make a big income, so to save you the funds, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all of our shared hosting plans and with any SSL certificate issued from any vendor. When you choose to work with an SSL from our company, everything can be set up automatically and you won't need to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will allow you to choose a shared IP address to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this function requires a maximum of two additional clicks after you fill the needed details for the certificate. The adequate operation of the SSL will not be influenced in any way and any details which visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and secured in the same exact way. The only big difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your Internet site, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone will ever try to access it that way instead of typing your domain in the world-wide web browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes just 2 clicks inside the hosting CP no matter if you obtain an SSL via our company or via a third-party supplier. There will not be any difference in the way the certificate works or encodes the data your visitors submit, so your website shall be protected without having to spend any additional cash for a dedicated IP address. The one thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's unlikely that anybody shall ever try to access your website in this way instead of entering 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 rather than a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up as soon as the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.