If you'd like to protect the data that visitors submit on your site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encrypt any data exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the real content, so if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the information is secure. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional cost may matter if you run a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't generate a big revenue, 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 Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all of our hosting packages and with any SSL certificate issued from any dealer. When you decide to work with an SSL from our company, everything shall be set up automatically and you will not have to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will enable you to choose a shared IP address to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this feature requires only 2 additional clicks after you fill the required info for the certificate. The appropriate operation of the SSL will not be influenced in any way and any data that visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and protected in the exact same way. The only difference from employing a dedicated address is that http:// will not open your site, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone will ever attempt to access it that way as opposed to entering your domain inside the world-wide web browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Any SSL certificate could be used with our specifically configured shared IPs, thus if you have a semi-dedicated hosting account, you'll be able to use this option with simply several clicks when you install a certificate you obtain through us or through any other vendor. For the SSLs we offer you are also able to take advantage of an additional function and have our system set everything up for you. In this way as soon as you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the given domain or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action required on your end, and thus any info that visitors submit on your website shall be secure. The SSL will work in the same exact way irrespective if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the 1 thing that's different between the two setups is that entering the shared IP address as a URL in an Internet browser won't open your website.