If you want to protect the information that visitors submit on your Internet site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol employed to encrypt any data exchanged between a site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the authentic content, and so if you have a login form of some type or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the info is protected. 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 when you run a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not make a big profit, 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 Website Hosting

You will be able to use this option with all of our website hosting plans and with any SSL certificate issued from any dealer. When you prefer to work with an SSL from our company, everything will be set up automatically and you won't have to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will enable you to choose a shared IP address to be used and the SSL to be installed by our system, so using this feature requires no more than 2 additional clicks after you fill the required data for the certificate. The adequate operation of the SSL shall not be affected in any way and any information which site visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and secured in the same exact way. The sole difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// will not open your site, but it is unlikely that anybody will ever seek to access it in this way rather than inputting your domain name inside the Internet browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Any SSL certificate can be used with our specifically configured shared IPs, thus if you have a semi-dedicated hosting account, you can use this option with just several clicks when you install a certificate which you acquire through us or through another dealer. For the SSLs we offer you could also take advantage of an additional function and have our system set everything up for you. Thus the instant you approve the SSL, the shared IP address 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 data that site visitors submit on your Internet site will be protected. The SSL will work in the same exact way irrespective if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the one thing that's different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP address as a URL within an Internet browser won't open your Internet site.