If you'd like to protect the data which visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encrypt any information exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the authentic content, so if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the information is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional expense may matter when you run a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't make 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 Shared Website Hosting
You shall be able to use this option with all our shared website hosting packages and with any SSL certificate issued from any retailer. If you prefer to work with an SSL from our company, everything shall be arrange automatically and you'll not have to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will permit you to pick a shared IP address to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this function requires no more than 2 additional mouse clicks after you fill the necessary details for the certificate. The proper functioning of the SSL will not be impacted in any way and any data which website visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and secured in the same exact way. The one big difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your Internet site, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever seek to access it in this way as opposed to typing your domain name inside the browser URL bar.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
Any SSL certificate could be employed with our specifically configured shared IPs, thus if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you'll be able to use this option with simply a couple of clicks when you install a certificate which you obtain through us or through another dealer. For the SSLs we offer you could 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 shall be set for the particular domain name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action required on your end, and so any information that visitors submit on your Internet site will be secure. The SSL will perform in the same exact way regardless if it's set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the only thing which is different between the two setups is that entering the shared IP address as a URL within an Internet browser shall not open your site.