If you wish to protect the information that visitors submit on your website, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between a site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any info, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the actual content, thus if you have a login form of some type or you offer goods and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the data is protected. Normally 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 if you run a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not make a big income, so to save you the cash, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Website Hosting

Since we offer SSL certificates with our cloud website hosting plans, you can effortlessly 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 can use it, but if you don't have one and you do not want to pay for this sort of a service, you can use the shared IP, which has been configured especially for SSLs. The certificate will work in the exact same way as if it had a dedicated IP and the sole difference will be that if someone tries to open the IP address as a URL, they won't see your Internet site. Due to the fact that our system has an auto-configuration option, the SSL shall be installed automatically once it's issued, so you shall not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. In this way, you can have a secure and reliable website without spending extra money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated plans and the setup takes merely two mouse clicks within the hosting Control Panel regardless if you obtain an SSL through our business or from a third-party vendor. There shall not be any difference in the way the certificate operates or encrypts the data your site visitors submit, so your Internet site will be secure without spending any additional money for a dedicated IP. The one thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP will 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 name. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs bought through our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP address as opposed to a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the minute the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.