If you'd like to protect the data that visitors submit on your site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol employed to encode any info exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any data, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the authentic content, therefore if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and goods online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the information is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional expense may matter when you manage a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which 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 Web Hosting

You could use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with each web hosting package which we offer and regardless if the SSL is bought through us or through a third-party vendor. If the SSL is obtained on our end, not only can you choose the shared IP to be set during the order, but you could also choose our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall set it up for you within a couple of seconds and you will not have to do anything personally. The only difference between using a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your site will not appear in case you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but besides that, everything shall be exactly the same. With this feature you can protect the information of your clients and have a reliable site without the extra expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host an Internet site within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you would like to secure the information of your visitors, you'll be able to use a shared IP address which has been configured for SSL certificates with a few mouse clicks. You can select this option within the SSL order wizard that you shall find inside 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. This way everything can be set up for you on the shared IP as soon as you approve the SSL. With this service we grant you the opportunity to secure the data of your website users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL shall encode the info in any way. The sole difference from using a dedicated address is that your website will not be accessible if you input the shared IP address instead of the domain/subdomain within the Internet browser address bar.