SSL, which is short for Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol that enciphers the information which customers submit on an Internet site. If they type in a username and a password on a login page or they acquire services and goods online and they enter their credit card info, the data shall be exchanged with the hosting server in an encrypted form, consequently an unauthorized third-party will not be able to see it. An SSL certificate will heighten the protection of your website and shall make it more appealing to consumers, but besides the cost for the SSL, you have to spend additional funds for a dedicated IP address, that's normally needed for the SSL installation. If you have a small e-commerce portal and your budget is tight or you're a part of a non-profit organization and you could find far better use for the money, you could avoid the added expense by making use of our services as our cloud hosting platform supports SSL certificates not only on a dedicated IP address, but also on a shared one.
Shared SSL IP in Web Hosting
You'll be able to use this option with all our web hosting packages and with any SSL certificate issued from any dealer. When you choose to use an SSL from our company, everything will be arrange automatically and you will not have to do anything after you purchase and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will permit you to pick a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this feature requires only two additional mouse clicks after you fill the required details for the certificate. The appropriate functioning of the SSL won't be impacted in any way and any information which visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and secured in the very same way. The only big difference from employing a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your site, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever seek to access it that way as opposed to entering your domain name in the web browser URL bar.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
Any SSL certificate could be used with our specifically configured shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you could use this option with merely a couple of mouse clicks when you install a certificate that you purchase through us or through some other vendor. For the SSLs which we offer you are also able to take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. Thus the moment you approve the SSL, the shared IP shall be set for the specific domain name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action needed on your end, and thus any information that visitors submit on your website will be protected. The SSL will do the job in the same exact way regardless if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP and the only thing that is different between the two setups is that typing the shared IP address as a URL in a web browser will not open your site.