If you would like to protect the data that visitors submit on your website, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any data exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any information, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the actual content, so if you have a login form of some type or you offer products and services online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the info is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional expense may matter if you manage a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big income, so to save you the funds, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Website Hosting

A shared IP could be used for any SSL certificate, regardless if you get it from us or from another seller and regardless of the website hosting package that you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL through us, you will find this option on the certificate order page within your hosting CP where you can also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option we offer. If the latter is chosen in the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you through the specifically configured server shared IP address, thus once you order and approve the SSL, there shall not be anything else to do on your end. You could save the cash you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL will do the job in the exact same way, so any info that the visitors submit will be encrypted. The one difference is that if you type the shared IP instead of your domain name within a browser, the site won't appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Any SSL certificate could be employed with our specifically configured shared IPs, thus if you have a semi-dedicated hosting account, you'll be able to use this option with just a couple of mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you purchase through us or through any other vendor. For the SSLs which we offer you can also take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. In this way the instant you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the specific domain name or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed with no action required on your end, and thus any data that website visitors submit on your Internet site will be secure. The SSL shall work in the exact same way irrespective if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the only thing that's different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP address as a URL within a browser won't open your Internet site.