If you'd like to protect the info that visitors submit on your site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encode any data exchanged between a site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any info, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the actual content, and so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the data is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional expense may matter when you run a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not make a big income, so to save you the funds, our cloud 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 employed for any SSL certificate, no matter if you buy it from us or from another retailer and regardless of the shared hosting service which you have on our end. If you get the SSL from us, you shall find this option on the certificate order page within your hosting CP where you can also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option we offer. If the latter is selected within the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you through the specially configured server shared IP address, thus once you order and approve the SSL, there shall not be anything else to do on your end. You could save the cash you'll otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL will work in the same exact way, so any information that the site visitors submit shall be encoded. The one difference is that if you enter the shared IP instead of your domain in a web browser, the website won't appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate could be employed with our specifically configured shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you can use this option with simply a couple of clicks when you install a certificate that you purchase through us or through some other retailer. For the SSLs that we offer you could also take advantage of an additional function and have our system set everything up for you. This way the instant you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the given domain or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed without any action required on your end, so any info that visitors submit on your Internet site will be secure. The SSL shall work in the exact same way irrespective if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the 1 thing that's different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP address as a URL in a browser shall not open your website.