If you wish to protect the info which visitors submit on your site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol employed to encode any info 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 present level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and goods online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the info is secure. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional expense may matter in case you run a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big profit, so to save you the cash, our cloud hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.
Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting
Since we offer SSL certificates with our cloud hosting solutions, you can effortlessly secure your Internet site and use a shared IP address with just several mouse clicks. The option will be available during the order procedure, therefore if you have a dedicated IP, you could use it, but if you do not have one and you don't want to pay for this sort of a service, you'll be able to use the shared IP, that has been configured particularly for SSLs. The certificate shall work in the exact same way as if it had a dedicated IP and the only difference shall be that if someone attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they will not see your site. Since our system features an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be set up automatically once it is issued, so you will not need to do anything on your end after you approve it. This way, you'll be able to have a risk-free and reliable website without having to spend extra money for that.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The shared IP option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages and the setup takes just a couple of clicks inside the hosting CP regardless if you obtain an SSL through our company or through a third-party supplier. There shall not be any difference in terms of how the certificate functions or encrypts the information which your website visitors submit, so your website shall be protected without having to spend the additional cash for a dedicated IP address. The one thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP will not open your Internet site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's extremely unlikely that anybody will ever try to access your site in this way instead of typing your domain name. We also offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs purchased via our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP address as opposed to a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the minute the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.