If you want to protect the info that visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encode any data exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the authentic content, and so if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and goods online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the data is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional expense may matter in case you manage a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not make a big income, so to save you the cash, 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
A shared IP could be employed for any SSL certificate, no matter if you acquire it from us or from a different seller and regardless of the shared hosting plan which you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL through us, you'll find this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting Control Panel where you could 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 using the specifically configured server shared IP, so once you buy and approve the SSL, there won't be anything else to do on your end. You can save the money that you will otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL shall function in the same exact way, so any data which the visitors submit will be encrypted. The one difference is that if you input the shared IP address instead of your domain name in a browser, the website shall not display.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
Any SSL certificate can be used with our specially configured shared IPs, thus if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you'll be able to use this option with only several clicks when you install a certificate you acquire through us or through any other retailer. For the SSLs which we offer you are also able to take advantage of an extra function and have our system set everything up for you. That way the moment you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the specific domain name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action needed on your end, and thus any data that visitors submit on your site will be protected. The SSL shall function in the same exact way no matter if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the one thing that is different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP as a URL inside an Internet browser will not open your site.