If you want to protect the information that visitors submit on your Internet site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encrypt any information exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the real content, therefore if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and goods online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the information is secure. Typically a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional expense may matter if you run a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't generate a big profit, so to save you the cash, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.
Shared SSL IP in Shared Web Hosting
You could use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every single shared web hosting solution which we offer and no matter if the SSL is ordered through our company or through a third-party vendor. If the SSL is bought on our end, not only could you select the shared IP to be set during the order, but you could also choose our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system will do the installation for you within a matter of seconds and you'll not have to do anything by hand. The sole difference between using a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your Internet site won't appear in case you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but besides that, everything will be the same. With this function you can protect the data of your customers and have a reliable Internet site without the additional expense for a dedicated IP address.