If you want to protect the info which visitors submit on your website, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encrypt any data exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the actual content, and so if you have a login form of some type or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the data is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional expense may matter if you run a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not make a big income, 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 Cloud Website Hosting

You could use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with each and every cloud website hosting plan we offer and irrespective if the SSL is acquired through our company or through a third-party firm. If the SSL is acquired on our end, not only could you pick the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also pick our auto-configuration option, so once you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall handle the installation for you within a matter of seconds and you won't have to do anything by hand. The sole difference between using a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your site will not appear in the event that you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but besides that, everything will be exactly the same. With this feature you'll be able to protect the info of your customers and have a risk-free site without the added expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host a website within a semi-dedicated hosting account from our company and you wish to protect the info of your website visitors, you will be able to use a shared IP which has been configured for SSL certificates with just a couple of mouse clicks. You can select this option inside the SSL order wizard that you shall find in the Hepsia hosting CP and you can even select the certificate to be installed for the specific domain or subdomain automatically by our system. This way everything could be installed for you on the shared IP the moment you approve the SSL. With this service we grant you the opportunity to protect the data of your Internet site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL shall encode the info in any way. The one main difference from using a dedicated address is that your Internet site won't be accessible if you enter the shared IP instead of the domain/subdomain inside the Internet browser address bar.