If you would like to protect the information that visitors submit on your website, you need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation stands for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encrypt any info exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any information, they'll not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the actual content, thus if you have a login form of some kind or you offer services and products online and clients submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the information is protected. Typically a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional expense may matter when you manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity that does not generate a big income, so to save you the cash, 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'll be able to use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every single cloud hosting package we offer and no matter if the SSL is bought through us or through a third-party firm. If the SSL is acquired on our end, not only can you select the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also pick our auto-configuration option, so when you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system shall install it for you within a couple of seconds and you will not need to do anything manually. The only difference between using a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your site won't appear in the event that you try to open https://the-IP-address instead of https://your-domain-name, but other than that, everything shall be the same. With this function you can protect the data of your customers and have a secure Internet site without the added expense for a dedicated IP.