If you want to protect the info that visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any info exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the data is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter if you manage a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big profit, 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 Cloud Hosting

You will be able to use this option with all our cloud hosting packages and with any SSL certificate issued from any retailer. When you decide to work with an SSL from our company, everything will be arrange automatically and you won't have to do anything after you purchase and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will permit you to select a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this feature requires only two additional clicks after you fill the needed data for the certificate. The adequate operation of the SSL will not be impacted in any way and any info which visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and protected in the very same way. The one big difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your website, but it is unlikely that anyone will ever try to access it this way as opposed to inputting your domain name inside the web browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate could be used with our specially configured shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you'll be able to use this option with merely a few clicks when you install a certificate that you obtain through us or through another dealer. For the SSLs that we offer you are also able to take advantage of an extra function and have our system set everything up for you. That way the minute you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the given domain name or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed without any action expected on your end, and thus any data that website visitors submit on your Internet site will be secure. The SSL shall work in the exact same way no matter if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the only thing that is different between the two setups is that entering the shared IP as a URL in a web browser shall not open your website.