If you'd like to protect the data which visitors submit on your site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, 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 real content, thus if you have a login form of some sort or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the information is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter if you manage a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big income, so to save you the money, 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 Hosting

Due to the fact that we offer SSL certificates with our cloud hosting packages, you can quickly secure your Internet site and use a shared IP address with just several clicks. The option shall be available during the order process, thus if you have a dedicated IP address, you can use it, but if you don't have one and you do not want to pay for this sort of a service, you can use the shared IP, that has been set up specifically for SSLs. The certificate shall work in the same exact way as if it had a dedicated IP address and the one difference will be that if someone attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they'll not see your Internet site. Since our system has an auto-configuration option, the SSL shall be set up automatically as soon as it's issued, so you shall not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. That way, you could have a secure and reliable site without spending more money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

You could use a shared IP address for an SSL obtained through us or through any other vendor with any one of our semi-dedicated servers. The setup is quite basic and if you obtain the certificate from our company, you could also take full advantage of our SSL wizard where with simply a couple of mouse clicks you could choose the SSL to be installed automatically for the specific domain name or subdomain on the shared IP address that is configured to be employed for this particular purpose. This option will save you time and work considering that you'll not need to do anything after you approve the SSL through email, not mentioning the funds you'll save for the IP address on a monthly basis. Your website will be secure and any customer will feel certain that their information shall be protected as using a shared IP address doesn't influence the proper operation of the certificate and the only difference from using a dedicated one is that the IP cannot be used as a URL to access your Internet site.