If you'd like to protect the data that visitors submit on your website, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol employed to encrypt any info exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the authentic content, thus if you have a login form of some sort or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the data 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 in case you run a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't generate 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 Web Hosting

Given that we offer SSL certificates with our web hosting solutions, you can quickly secure your website and use a shared IP address with only several mouse clicks. The option shall be available during the order procedure, thus if you have a dedicated IP, you can use it, but if you don't have one and you don't want to pay for this kind of a service, you can use the shared IP, which has been set up especially for SSLs. The certificate will work in the same exact way as if it had a dedicated IP and the only difference will be that if somebody attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they won't see your site. Since our system comes with an auto-configuration option, the SSL shall be installed automatically the moment it's issued, so you will not have to do anything on your end after you approve it. This way, you can have a secure and trustworthy website without spending extra cash for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Any SSL certificate could be used with our specially configured shared IPs, thus if you have a semi-dedicated hosting account, you'll be able to use this option with merely several mouse clicks when you install a certificate that you obtain through us or through any other retailer. For the SSLs that we offer you can also take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. This way the minute you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the particular domain or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed with no action expected on your end, so any information that visitors submit on your site will be protected. The SSL shall do the job in the same exact way regardless if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the one thing which is different between the two setups is that entering the shared IP as a URL within an Internet browser will not open your Internet site.