If you want to protect the data which visitors submit on your site, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol used to encode any information exchanged between a website and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any info, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The existing level of encryption makes it literally impossible to decrypt the real content, so if you have a login form of some type or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate will be an assurance that the information is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is needed to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your site. The additional cost may matter if you manage a small web store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not make a big income, so to save you the money, 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

Given that we offer SSL certificates with our cloud hosting packages, you can very easily secure your Internet site and use a shared IP address with only several mouse clicks. The option shall be available during the order process, hence if you have a dedicated IP address, you can use it, but if you do not have one and you don't want to pay for this kind of a service, you'll be able to use the shared IP, which has been configured particularly for SSLs. The certificate will work in the very same way as if it had a dedicated IP and the sole difference shall be that if anyone attempts to open the IP address as a URL, they will not see your website. As our system features an auto-configuration option, the SSL will be set up automatically once it's issued, so you'll not have to do anything on your end after you approve it. This way, you could have a secure and reliable Internet site without spending extra money for that.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host an Internet site within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you wish to secure the data of your site visitors, you will be able to use a shared IP address which has been configured for SSL certificates with only a couple of clicks. You can pick this option inside the SSL order wizard which you'll find within the Hepsia hosting CP and you can even choose the certificate to be set up for the given domain name or subdomain automatically by our system. This way everything could be set up for you on the shared IP the instant you approve the SSL. With this service we grant you the opportunity to protect the information of your website users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL shall encode the information in any way. The one big difference from using a dedicated address is that your Internet site will not be accessible if you enter the shared IP address instead of the domain/subdomain in the Internet browser address bar.