If you want to protect the information that visitors submit on your site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encode any data exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any info, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The present 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 goods online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the data is secure. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional cost may matter in case you run a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't make a big revenue, 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 Cloud Web Hosting

You can use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with every cloud web hosting plan that we offer and regardless if the SSL is purchased through us or through a third-party vendor. If the SSL is purchased on our end, not only can you choose the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also pick our auto-configuration option, so when you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system will set it up for you within a few seconds and you won't need to do anything yourself. The sole difference between employing a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your Internet site won't appear if you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but other than that, everything shall be the same. With this function you can protect the information of your customers and have a reliable site without the extra expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host an Internet site in a semi-dedicated hosting account from our company and you would like to protect the data of your website visitors, you shall be able to use a shared IP address that has been configured for SSL certificates with a couple of clicks. You can pick this option within the SSL order wizard that you'll find inside 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 can be installed for you on the shared IP as soon as you approve the SSL. With this service we offer you the opportunity to preserve the data of your Internet site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL will encrypt the information in any way. The sole big difference from using a dedicated address is that your website won't be accessible if you enter the shared IP rather than the domain/subdomain inside the Internet browser address bar.