If you would like to protect the info that visitors submit on your site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol used to encode any info exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the real content, therefore if you have a login form of some type or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the information is protected. Normally 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 store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big revenue, so to save you the money, 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 Web Hosting

A shared IP could be used for any SSL certificate, no matter if you purchase it from our company or from a different seller and regardless of the shared web hosting service which you have on our end. If you get the SSL from us, you will come across this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting CP where you could also take advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer you. If the latter is selected in the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you using the specifically configured server shared IP, therefore once you order and approve the SSL, there shall not be anything else to do on your end. You could save the money you'll otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL will do the job in the exact same way, so any info that the visitors submit shall be encoded. The sole difference is that if you enter the shared IP instead of your domain inside a web browser, the website won't display.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated services and the setup takes only two clicks in the hosting Control Panel no matter if you get an SSL through our enterprise or from a third-party vendor. There shall not be any difference in terms of how the certificate works or encodes the data that your site visitors submit, so your site will be secure without having to spend the extra cash for a dedicated IP. The one thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's extremely unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your site in this way instead of inputting your domain. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs purchased via our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP instead of a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the instant the SSL is approved and issued without any action on your end.