If you'd like to protect the information which visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any information exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the authentic content, and so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and products online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the data is protected. Usually a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional cost may matter if you run a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not 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 Web Hosting

You will be able to use this option with all of our shared web hosting solutions and with any SSL certificate issued from any vendor. If you choose to use an SSL from our company, everything can be set up automatically and you'll not have to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will permit you to pick a shared IP address to be used and the SSL to be installed by our system, so using this feature requires a maximum of two additional mouse clicks after you fill the necessary info for the certificate. The appropriate functioning of the SSL won't be influenced in any way and any info that site visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and secured in the very same way. The one difference from using a dedicated address is that http:// shall not open your website, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone will ever try to access it that way instead of inputting your domain within the browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You'll be able to use a shared IP for an SSL acquired through us or through any other vendor with any one of our Linux semi-dedicated hosting. The setup is really easy and if you get the certificate from our company, you can also take advantage of our SSL wizard where with just a few mouse clicks you'll be able to pick the SSL to be installed automatically for the specific domain or subdomain on the shared IP address that is configured to be used for this particular purpose. This option shall save you time and efforts given that you won't need to do anything after you approve the SSL through e mail, not mentioning the cash you shall save for the IP on a monthly basis. Your Internet site will be secured and any client will feel assured that their info shall be protected as using a shared IP address doesn't influence the adequate performance of the certificate and the sole difference from using a dedicated one is that the IP address can't be used as a URL to access your site.