If you wish to protect the information which visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encode any data exchanged between a site 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 present level of encryption makes it literally 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 details, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the data is protected. Usually a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional expense may matter if you run a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big income, 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 Hosting

A shared IP could be employed for any SSL certificate, regardless if you buy it from us or from some other dealer and regardless of the cloud hosting plan that you have on our end. If you get the SSL through us, you will discover this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting CP where you could also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer you. If the latter is selected inside the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you via the specially configured server shared IP address, so once you buy and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the money that you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL will work in the same exact way, so any data the site visitors submit shall be encrypted. The one difference is that if you type the shared IP address instead of your domain name inside a web browser, the Internet site will not show up.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

You could use a shared IP address for an SSL purchased through us or through any other supplier with any of our semi-dedicated servers. The setup is very simple and if you acquire the certificate from our company, you can also take advantage of our SSL wizard where with just a couple of mouse clicks you can choose the SSL to be installed automatically for the specific domain name or subdomain on the shared IP address that is configured to be employed for this purpose. This option will save you time and efforts considering that you'll not need to do anything after you approve the SSL through e-mail, not mentioning the funds you will save for the IP on a monthly basis. Your site will be protected and any customer will feel certain that their information will be protected given that using a shared IP address doesn't affect the adequate operation of the certificate and the only difference from using a dedicated one is that the IP address can't be used as a URL to access your website.