If you'd like to protect the data which visitors submit on your Internet site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encrypt any info exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, they will 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, thus if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and products online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the data is protected. Typically 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 if you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't generate a big revenue, 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 Shared Hosting
You can use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every single shared hosting plan which we offer and regardless if the SSL is purchased through our company or through a third-party firm. If the SSL is obtained on our end, not only could you choose the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also pick our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system will set it up for you within a few seconds and you will not need to do anything by hand. The sole difference between employing a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your Internet site will not appear if you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but besides that, everything shall be the same. With this feature you could protect the info of your clients and have a risk-free website without the extra expense for a dedicated IP.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
Any SSL certificate could be used with our specifically configured shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you could use this option with only several mouse clicks when you install a certificate that you obtain through us or through another retailer. For the SSLs which we offer you could also take advantage of an additional function and have our system set everything up for you. In this way as soon as you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the particular domain or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action expected on your end, and so any data that site visitors submit on your site shall be protected. The SSL will work in the same exact way irrespective if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the only thing that is different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP as a URL in a web browser will not open your site.