If you wish to protect the information which visitors submit on your site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any information exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some sort or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee 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 in case you manage a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not make a big income, so to save you the funds, 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 Web Hosting

Given that we offer SSL certificates with our cloud web hosting solutions, you can effortlessly secure your Internet site and use a shared IP address with just a couple of mouse clicks. The option will be available during the order procedure, hence 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 such a service, you'll be able to use the shared IP, which has been configured especially for SSLs. The certificate will work in the very same way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the sole difference will be that if somebody attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they'll not see your site. Due to the fact that our system features an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be set up automatically the moment it is issued, so you'll not have to do anything on your end after you approve it. This way, you could have a risk-free and trustworthy site without having to spend extra cash for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Any SSL certificate can be employed with our specifically configured shared IPs, thus if you have a semi-dedicated hosting account, you can use this option with simply several clicks when you install a certificate that you acquire through us or through any other vendor. For the SSLs that we offer you can also take advantage of an additional 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 name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action required on your end, so any information that site visitors submit on your website will be protected. The SSL will do the job in the same exact way irrespective if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the one thing that's different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP address as a URL within a web browser won't open your Internet site.