If you'd like to protect the info which visitors submit on your Internet site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the real content, so if you have a login form of some type or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the info is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter in case you manage a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't generate a big profit, 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 Cloud Web Hosting
A shared IP could be employed for any SSL certificate, irrespective if you buy it from us or from another seller and regardless of the cloud web hosting plan which you have on our end. If you get the SSL through us, you shall discover this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting Control Panel where you can also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer you. If the latter is picked inside the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you via the specially configured server shared IP address, so once you order and approve the SSL, there shall not be anything else to do on your end. You can save the cash you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL will work in the exact same way, so any data that the site visitors submit will be encoded. The only difference is that if you type the shared IP instead of your domain name inside a web browser, the site will not appear.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
Any SSL certificate could be used with our specifically configured shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you'll be able to use this option with merely a few clicks when you install a certificate that you purchase through us or through another retailer. For the SSLs which we offer you can also take advantage of an extra function and have our system set everything up for you. Thus as soon as you approve the SSL, the shared IP will be set for the given domain name or subdomain and the certificate shall be installed without any action needed on your end, and so any info that website visitors submit on your site will be protected. The SSL will function in the same exact way irrespective if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the only thing that's different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP as a URL within an Internet browser shall not open your Internet site.