If you want to protect the data which visitors submit on your Internet site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is 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 information, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the real content, therefore if you have a login form of some kind or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the data is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional cost may matter if you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big profit, so to save you the money, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.
Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting
You'll be able to use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with every cloud hosting plan which we offer and regardless if the SSL is purchased through us or through a third-party business. If the SSL is obtained on our end, not only can you select the shared IP to be set during the order, but you may also pick our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall do the installation for you within a couple of seconds and you'll not have to do anything yourself. The only difference between employing a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your Internet site won't appear in the event that you try to open https://the-IP-address instead of https://your-domain-name, but apart from that, everything shall be exactly the same. With this feature you could protect the info of your customers and have a reliable Internet site without the additional expense for a dedicated IP address.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting and the setup takes just 2 mouse clicks within the hosting CP no matter if you order an SSL via our business or from a third-party provider. There won't be any difference in the way the certificate operates or encrypts the data which your visitors submit, so your Internet site shall be protected without spending the extra funds for a dedicated IP. The only thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP will not open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is unlikely that anybody will ever try to access your website in this way instead of entering your domain. In addition, we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs acquired via our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP instead of a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up as soon as the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.