If you want to protect the data which visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any information exchanged between a 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 current level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the actual content, and so if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the data is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional cost may matter when you manage a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not make a big profit, 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 Shared Website Hosting

You'll be able to use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with every single shared website hosting package we offer and regardless if the SSL is acquired through us or through a third-party firm. If the SSL is purchased on our end, not only could you choose the shared IP to be set during the order, but you may also select our auto-configuration option, so when you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall set it up for you within a few seconds and you won't have to do anything personally. The only difference between using a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your website will not appear if you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but other than that, everything will be identical. With this feature you'll be able to protect the data of your customers and have a reliable site without the extra expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate could be used with our specifically set up shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you'll be able to use this option with merely a couple of mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you obtain through us or through another dealer. For the SSLs we offer you are also able to take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. This way the moment you approve the SSL, the shared IP will be set for the particular domain or subdomain and the certificate will be installed without any action needed on your end, so any information that website visitors submit on your Internet site will be protected. The SSL shall work in the same exact way no matter if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the one thing that's different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP address as a URL within an Internet browser won't open your website.