If you would like to protect the data that 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 data 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 virtually impossible to decrypt the actual content, and so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer goods and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the data 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 in case you manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big revenue, 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 Hosting
A shared IP could be used for any SSL certificate, no matter if you get it from our company or from some other vendor and regardless of the shared hosting package that you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you'll find this option on the certificate order page in your hosting CP where you can also take advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer. If the latter is selected within the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you using the specially configured server shared IP address, therefore once you buy and approve the SSL, there won't be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the cash you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL shall do the job in the exact same way, so any info the visitors submit shall be encrypted. The only difference is that if you type the shared IP instead of your domain name in a web browser, the website won't appear.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated packages and the setup takes only a couple of clicks within the hosting Control Panel irrespective if you get an SSL from our enterprise or through a third-party supplier. There will not be any difference with regards to how the certificate functions or encrypts the data which your site visitors submit, so your Internet site will be secure without spending the extra funds for a dedicated IP. The only thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP won't open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's extremely unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your internet site in this way instead of keying in your domain name. In addition, we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs obtained through our company and if you select it and you opt to use a shared IP instead of a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the instant the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.