If you'd like to protect the data which visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the real content, so if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and goods online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate shall 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 site. The additional cost may matter if you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't generate a big revenue, so to save you the money, our cloud hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.
Shared SSL IP in Hosting
A shared IP can be used for any SSL certificate, no matter if you buy it from our company or from some other vendor and regardless of the hosting service you have on our end. If you get the SSL through us, you will find this option on the certificate order page in your hosting Control Panel where you can also make use of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer. If the latter is selected inside the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you via the specifically configured server shared IP, thus once you obtain and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You can save the cash you'll otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL will function in the same exact way, so any information which the website visitors submit shall be encrypted. The only difference is that if you enter the shared IP instead of your domain within a browser, the site won't display.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
The shared IP option is available with all semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes just a couple of mouse clicks in the hosting Control Panel irrespective if you get an SSL via our enterprise or from a third-party provider. There will not be any difference in the way the certificate operates or encrypts the information that your site visitors submit, so your Internet site shall be protected without having to spend any additional funds for a dedicated IP address. The only thing that'll be different is that https://the-shared-IP shall not open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's unlikely that anyone shall ever try to access your website in this way instead of entering your domain. In addition, we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs ordered via our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP instead of 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.