If you want to protect the data that visitors submit on your site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the authentic content, so if you have a login form of some type or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the info 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 in case you manage a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big income, so to save you the cash, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Web Hosting

You could use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with each shared web hosting solution that we offer and irrespective if the SSL is ordered through us or through a third-party vendor. If the SSL is obtained on our end, not only could you pick the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also select our auto-configuration option, so once you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall handle the installation for you within a few seconds and you'll not need to do anything yourself. The only difference between employing a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your website won't appear in case you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but aside from that, everything will be identical. With this feature you could protect the data of your customers and have a risk-free Internet site without the added expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate can be used with our specifically configured shared IPs, therefore if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you could use this option with simply a few mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you obtain through us or through any other vendor. For the SSLs we offer you can also take advantage of an additional function and have our system set everything up for you. Thus the moment you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the particular domain name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action needed on your end, so any information that site visitors submit on your site shall be protected. The SSL shall work in the exact same way no matter if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the only thing that's different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP address as a URL in an Internet browser will not open your Internet site.