If you'd like to protect the information that visitors submit on your Internet site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol employed to encode any data exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it practically impossible to decrypt the real content, thus if you have a login form of some sort or you offer products and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the data is protected. 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 when you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that doesn't generate a big revenue, so to save you the funds, our cloud hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.
Shared SSL IP in Hosting
You'll be able to use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every single hosting solution which we offer and regardless if the SSL is bought through our company or through a third-party business. If the SSL is purchased on our end, not only could you select the shared IP to be set during the order, but you could 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 couple of seconds and you'll not have to do anything yourself. The only difference between using a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your site won't appear if you try to open https://the-IP-address instead of https://your-domain-name, but aside from that, everything will be the same. With this function you'll be able to protect the information of your clients and have a secure Internet site without the added expense for a dedicated IP address.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you host a website in a semi-dedicated hosting account from our company and you would like to preserve the information of your site visitors, you'll be able to use a shared IP address which has been configured for SSL certificates with a couple of mouse clicks. You can pick this option inside the SSL order wizard which you shall find in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you could even select the certificate to be set up for the specific domain or subdomain automatically by our system. In this way everything could be set up for you on the shared IP the moment you approve the SSL. With this service we offer you the opportunity to protect the data of your site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL will encode the data in any way. The sole big difference from using a dedicated address is that your Internet site will not be accessible if you input the shared IP as opposed to the domain/subdomain in the web browser address bar.