If you'd like to protect the data that visitors submit on your Internet site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol employed 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 existing level of encryption makes it pretty much impossible to decrypt the real content, therefore if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and products online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the information is secure. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional expense may matter when you manage a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't make a big profit, so to save you the cash, our cloud website hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Website Hosting

You can use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with each shared website hosting solution which we offer and regardless if the SSL is purchased through us or through a third-party business. If the SSL is bought on our end, not only could you pick the shared IP to be set during the order, but you could also select our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall install it for you within a couple of seconds and you will not have to do anything manually. The one difference between employing a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your website will not appear in case you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but other than that, everything shall be the same. With this function you'll be able to protect the data of your clients and have a reliable Internet site without the extra expense for a dedicated IP address.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host a website in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you'd like to preserve the information of your site visitors, you'll be able to use a shared IP which has been configured for SSL certificates with a few clicks. You can select this option inside the SSL order wizard that you shall find in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you could even choose the certificate to be set up for the particular domain name or subdomain automatically by our system. In this way everything can be installed for you on the shared IP the instant you approve the SSL. With this service we offer you the opportunity to preserve the information of your Internet site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL shall encrypt the information in any way. The one difference from using a dedicated address is that your website shall not accessible if you type the shared IP as opposed to the domain/subdomain within the browser address bar.