If you want to protect the information which visitors submit on your website, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encrypt any information exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the authentic content, therefore if you have a login form of some type or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the info is secure. Typically 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 in case you manage a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not make a big revenue, so to save you the funds, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Website Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all our website hosting solutions and with any SSL certificate issued from any retailer. When you prefer to use an SSL from our company, everything shall be set up automatically and you won't have to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will allow you to select a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this function requires no more than two additional mouse clicks after you fill the required details for the certificate. The proper functioning of the SSL won't be impacted in any way and any info which website visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and protected in the very same way. The sole difference from using a dedicated address is that http:// shall not open your website, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever try to access it that way rather than inputting your domain within the Internet browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting and the setup takes just two clicks in the hosting CP irrespective if you obtain an SSL through our business or via a third-party provider. There shall not be any difference in terms of how the certificate operates or encrypts the info your visitors submit, so your Internet site shall be protected without having to spend the additional funds for a dedicated IP address. The only thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's quite unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your site in this way rather than typing your domain. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained via our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP rather than a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the moment the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.