If you wish to protect the data that visitors submit on your Internet site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encode any data exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any data, they will not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the actual content, and so if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and products online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the info is secure. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter in case you manage a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't generate 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 Shared Hosting
A shared IP can be used for any SSL certificate, regardless if you purchase it from our company or from another dealer and regardless of the shared hosting plan you have on our end. If you obtain the SSL from us, you will come across this option on the certificate order page within your hosting CP where you could also take advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer you. If the latter is selected within the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you through the specially configured server shared IP address, so once you obtain and approve the SSL, there won't be anything else to do on your end. You can save the cash you'll otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP and the SSL shall work in the exact same way, so any info the visitors submit shall be encrypted. The only difference is that if you enter the shared IP instead of your domain name inside a browser, the website will not show up.