If you'd like to protect the information that visitors submit on your Internet site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and this is 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 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, therefore if you have a login form of some type or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be a guarantee that the info is secure. Normally a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional expense may matter when you run a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big profit, so to save you the funds, 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 Hosting

You shall be able to use this option with all our cloud hosting plans and with any SSL certificate issued from any dealer. If you decide to work with an SSL from our company, everything can be arrange automatically and you will not need to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will enable you to pick a shared IP address to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this feature requires a maximum of 2 additional mouse clicks after you fill the required information for the certificate. The adequate operation of the SSL shall not be affected in any way and any info that website visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and secured in the very same way. The only difference from employing a dedicated address is that http:// will not open your website, but it is extremely unlikely that anyone will ever attempt to access it that way instead of inputting your domain in the Internet browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host a site inside 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 address that has been configured for SSL certificates with a few clicks. You can select this option within the SSL order wizard that you shall find in the Hepsia hosting CP and you could even select the certificate to be set up for the given domain or subdomain automatically by our system. That way everything can be set up for you on the shared IP the minute you approve the SSL. With this service we offer you the chance to preserve the information of your 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 site won't be accessible if you input the shared IP address as opposed to the domain/subdomain within the web browser address bar.