If you would like to protect the information that visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encrypt any data exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the authentic content, thus if you have a login form of some kind or you offer goods and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the information is protected. Usually 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 manage a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big income, 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 Cloud Website Hosting
A shared IP could be employed for any SSL certificate, regardless if you acquire it from our company or from a different seller and regardless of the cloud website hosting package you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you'll discover this option on the certificate order page within your hosting CP where you can also take advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer. If the latter is picked in the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you using the specifically configured server shared IP, thus once you obtain and approve the SSL, there won't be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the money you will otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL shall function in the exact same way, so any info the website visitors submit will be encrypted. The only difference is that if you enter the shared IP address instead of your domain name in a web browser, the site shall not display.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you host an Internet site in a semi-dedicated hosting account from our company and you'd like to secure the information of your site visitors, you'll be able to use a shared IP which has been configured for SSL certificates with several mouse clicks. You can choose this option inside the SSL order wizard which you shall find within the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you can even choose the certificate to be set up for the given domain name or subdomain automatically by our system. That way everything could be set up for you on the shared IP the instant you approve the SSL. With this service we grant you the chance to protect the information of your Internet site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL will encrypt the info in any way. The one difference from using a dedicated address is that your Internet site will not be accessible if you input the shared IP address as opposed to the domain/subdomain in the browser address bar.