If you want to protect the information that visitors submit on your site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol used to encode any data exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the authentic content, therefore 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 shall be a guarantee that the information is protected. Usually 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 online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big profit, 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 Hosting

You shall be able to use this option with all our hosting plans and with any SSL certificate issued from any vendor. When you choose to use an SSL from our company, everything shall be set up automatically and you won't have to do anything after you obtain and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will enable you to select a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be installed by our system, so using this feature requires no more than 2 additional mouse clicks after you fill the required details for the certificate. The appropriate operation of the SSL won't be impacted in any way and any data which site visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and protected in the very same way. The one big difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// shall not open your site, but it is unlikely that anyone will ever attempt to access it in this way instead of typing your domain inside the web browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can use a shared IP for an SSL bought through us or through any other supplier with any one of our Linux semi-dedicated servers. The setup is really easy and if you acquire the certificate from our company, you could also take full advantage of our SSL wizard where with just a few mouse clicks you could choose the SSL to be installed automatically for the selected domain or subdomain on the shared IP address that's configured to be used for this purpose. This option will save you time and efforts considering that you'll not have to do anything after you approve the SSL through email, not mentioning the money you'll save for the IP address on a monthly basis. Your Internet site shall be secure and any client will feel certain that their info shall be protected as using a shared IP address does not affect the proper performance of the certificate and the only real difference from using a dedicated one is that the IP address can't be used as a URL to access your site.