SSL, which stands short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol which encrypts the information that clients submit on a website. If they input a username and a password on a login page or they acquire services and goods online and they enter their credit card info, the data shall be exchanged with the hosting server in an encrypted form, therefore an unauthorized third-party will not be able to see it. An SSL certificate will raise the protection of your website and will make it more appealing to customers, but in addition to the cost for the SSL, you must spend additional funds for a dedicated IP address, which is typically required for the SSL installation. In case you manage a small e-commerce portal and your budget is tight or you're a part of a non-profit organization and you could find far better use for the capital, you could avoid the extra expense by taking advantage of our services since our cloud hosting platform supports SSL certificates not just on a dedicated IP address, but also on a shared one.
Shared SSL IP in Cloud Website Hosting
A shared IP can be employed for any SSL certificate, regardless if you acquire it from us or from a different dealer and regardless of the cloud website hosting plan you have on our end. If you get the SSL from us, you'll discover this option on the certificate order page inside your hosting CP where you can also make use of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer you. If the latter is chosen inside the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you via the specifically configured server shared IP address, therefore once you obtain and approve the SSL, there shall not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the money you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL shall work in the exact same way, so any info the website visitors submit will be encoded. The one difference is that if you enter the shared IP instead of your domain name in a web browser, the website shall not appear.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
Any SSL certificate can be used with our specially configured shared IPs, therefore if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you can use this option with merely several mouse clicks when you install a certificate that you purchase through us or through any other vendor. For the SSLs that we offer you are also able to take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. This way once you approve the SSL, the shared IP address shall be set for the particular domain name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed without any action required on your end, and thus any data that visitors submit on your Internet site will be protected. The SSL shall work in the exact same way irrespective if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the 1 thing that is different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP as a URL within a browser will not open your site.