If you wish to protect the data which visitors submit on your site, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encrypt any info exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any information, they will 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, and so if you have a login form of some kind or you offer goods and services online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the data is protected. Usually a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your Internet site. The additional cost may matter if you run a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't generate a big income, 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 Shared Hosting
You'll be able to use a shared IP address for an SSL certificate with every single shared hosting package which we offer and no matter if the SSL is bought through us or through a third-party business. If the SSL is purchased on our end, not only can you select the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also select our auto-configuration option, so once you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall handle the installation for you within a few seconds and you'll not need to do anything yourself. The only difference between employing a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your Internet site will not appear in case you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but other than that, everything shall be identical. With this function you could protect the data of your clients and have a secure Internet site without the additional expense for a dedicated IP.