SSL, which is an acronym for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol which enciphers the information which customers submit on an Internet site. If they enter a username and a password on a login page or they purchase services and goods online and they input their credit card information, the data will be exchanged with the server in an encrypted form, so an unauthorized third-party shall not able to see it. An SSL certificate will raise the protection of your Internet site and will make it more appealing to consumers, but on top of the cost for the SSL, you must spend additional funds for a dedicated IP address, that is normally needed for the SSL installation. If you have a small e-commerce portal and your budget is tight or you are a part of a non-profit organization and you could find far better use for the funds, you can avoid the additional expense by taking advantage of our services as our cloud web hosting platform supports SSL certificates not only on a dedicated IP address, but also on a shared one.
Shared SSL IP in Website Hosting
A shared IP could be employed for any SSL certificate, irrespective if you buy it from us or from a different vendor and regardless of the website hosting plan that you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL through us, you'll discover this option on the certificate order page within your hosting Control Panel where you could also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option we offer you. If the latter is chosen within the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you using the specially configured server shared IP address, so once you buy and approve the SSL, there shall not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the money you'll otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL will do the job in the exact same way, so any info that the site visitors submit will be encoded. The one difference is that if you input the shared IP address instead of your domain name inside a browser, the Internet site won't appear.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
The shared IP option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated servers and the setup takes only a couple of clicks inside the hosting CP irrespective if you order an SSL via our company or through a third-party vendor. There will not be any difference with regards to how the certificate works or encodes the information that your site visitors submit, so your Internet site shall be secure without having to spend the extra funds for a dedicated IP. The only thing which will be different is that https://the-shared-IP will not open your website, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it's highly unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your internet site in this way rather than entering your domain name. Additionally we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs ordered through our company and if you select it and you decide to use a shared IP address instead of a dedicated one, our system shall set everything up the moment the SSL is approved and issued without the need for any action on your end.