If you would like to protect the data which visitors submit on your site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encode any info exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the actual content, thus if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the information is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional expense may matter in case you manage a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't generate 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 Web Hosting

You shall be able to use this option with all our shared web hosting packages and with any SSL certificate issued from any dealer. When you choose to work with an SSL from our company, everything will be arrange automatically and you'll not need to do anything after you obtain and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will enable you to choose a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this function requires only two additional mouse clicks after you fill the necessary information for the certificate. The adequate operation of the SSL will not be influenced in any way and any information which visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and secured in the very same way. The one big difference from employing a dedicated address is that http:// will not open your Internet site, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever try to access it in this way rather than entering your domain name within the world-wide web browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Any SSL certificate could be used with our specially configured shared IPs, therefore if you have a semi-dedicated hosting account, you'll be able to use this option with only several mouse clicks when you install a certificate that you obtain through us or through some other retailer. For the SSLs that we offer you can also take advantage of an additional function and have our system set everything up for you. This way the moment you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the given domain name or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed without any action required on your end, so any information that website visitors submit on your site will be secure. The SSL shall do the job in the same exact way regardless if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the one thing that's different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP as a URL in a web browser will not open your site.