If you want 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 this is a protocol employed to encrypt any data exchanged between a site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any info, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the actual 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 a guarantee that the data is secure. Usually a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional expense may matter when you run a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big revenue, so to save you the funds, our cloud web hosting platform supports installing an SSL certificate on a shared server IP address, not a dedicated one.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting

You can use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with every cloud hosting package that we offer and no matter if the SSL is acquired through us or through a third-party business. If the SSL is obtained on our end, not only can you select the shared IP to be set during the order, but you may also choose our auto-configuration option, so once you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall set it up for you within a few seconds and you will not need to do anything personally. The only difference between using a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your site won't appear in case you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but besides that, everything shall be exactly the same. With this function you could protect the information of your customers and have a risk-free Internet site without the extra expense for a dedicated IP address.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host a site inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you wish to protect the information of your visitors, you shall be able to use a shared IP address that has been configured for SSL certificates with a couple of mouse clicks. You can choose this option in the SSL order wizard which you will find within the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you could even choose the certificate to be set up for the given domain name or subdomain automatically by our system. In this way everything can be set up for you on the shared IP as soon as 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 encrypt the information in any way. The sole difference from using a dedicated address is that your Internet site will not be accessible if you type the shared IP address rather than the domain/subdomain within the web browser address bar.