If you would like to protect the data that visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between a site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the actual content, and so if you have a login form of some type or you offer services and goods online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the data is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter when you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big income, so to save you the cash, our cloud hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.
Shared SSL IP in Shared Website Hosting
You will be able to use this option with all of our shared website hosting solutions and with any SSL certificate issued from any dealer. When you prefer to use an SSL from our company, everything can be set up automatically and you will not have to do anything after you buy and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will enable you to pick a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this feature requires a maximum of 2 additional clicks after you fill the required details for the certificate. The proper operation of the SSL won't be influenced in any way and any data which visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and protected in the very same way. The only big difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your Internet site, but it is unlikely that anyone will ever seek to access it in this way instead of entering your domain inside the browser URL bar.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
The shared IP address option is available with all semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes only 2 clicks within the hosting CP regardless if you order an SSL via our enterprise or through a third-party vendor. There won't be any difference with regards to how the certificate works or encrypts the info your visitors submit, so your website shall be protected without having to spend any additional cash for a dedicated IP. The one thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's extremely unlikely that anybody will ever try to access your website in this way instead of typing your domain. In addition, we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs ordered through our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP address rather than a dedicated one, our system will set everything up as soon as the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.