If you'd like to protect the information that visitors submit on your site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encrypt any information exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, 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, so if you have a login form of some type or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the information is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional expense may matter when you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big revenue, 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 can be used for any SSL certificate, regardless if you get it from us or from a different dealer and regardless of the website hosting service which you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you will 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 we offer you. If the latter is picked within the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you via the specially configured server shared IP address, therefore once you obtain and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the money you will otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL will work in the exact same way, so any info the site visitors submit will be encrypted. The sole difference is that if you input the shared IP instead of your domain inside a browser, the site will not display.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes just 2 mouse clicks within the hosting Control Panel no matter if you buy an SSL through our company or through a third-party provider. There will not be any difference in terms of how the certificate operates or encodes the information which your visitors submit, so your website will be protected without spending the extra cash for a dedicated IP address. The one thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your internet site in this way rather than entering your domain. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs purchased through our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP instead of a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the minute the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.