If you want to protect the data that visitors submit on your website, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and that's a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to ensure that even if an unauthorized individual 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 authentic content, and so if you have a login form of some type or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the data is protected. Normally 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 web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big profit, 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 Hosting

You could use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every single hosting solution that we offer and irrespective if the SSL is acquired through our company or through a third-party firm. If the SSL is obtained on our end, not only could you select the shared IP to be set during the order, but you could also pick our auto-configuration option, so when you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system will handle the installation for you within a couple of seconds and you won't have to do anything personally. The only difference between using a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your website won't appear if you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but aside from that, everything shall be identical. With this function you can protect the information of your clients and have a reliable website without the extra expense for a dedicated IP.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host a site within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you'd like to preserve the data of your site visitors, you'll be able to use a shared IP that has been configured for SSL certificates with just a few clicks. You can choose this option inside the SSL order wizard which you shall find within the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you could even select the certificate to be installed for the given domain or subdomain automatically by our system. In this way everything can be installed for you on the shared IP as soon as you approve the SSL. With this service we offer you the opportunity to protect the information of your Internet site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL will encrypt the information in any way. The only big difference from using a dedicated address is that your Internet site will not be accessible if you input the shared IP instead of the domain/subdomain within the Internet browser address bar.