Shared SSL IP
What's a shared SSL IP? How can you install an SSL certificate on such an IP?
If you'd like to protect the information that visitors submit on your website, you will require an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and that is a protocol employed to encode any data exchanged between a website and its users as to ensure 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 literally impossible to decrypt the real content, thus if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and goods online and clients submit credit card info, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the information is protected. Typically 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 in case you manage a small web shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not make a big income, 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 Web Hosting
You'll be able to use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with each and every web hosting solution we offer and no matter if the SSL is ordered through our company or through a third-party business. If the SSL is acquired on our end, not only will you be able to pick the shared IP to be set during the order, but you can also pick our auto-configuration option, so as soon as you complete the purchase and approve the certificate, our system will set it up for you within a matter of seconds and you won't have to do anything by hand. The sole difference between using a shared IP address and a dedicated one is that your website won't appear in the event that you try to open https://the-IP-address rather than https://your-domain-name, but apart from that, everything shall be exactly the same. With this feature you could protect the information of your clients and have a reliable site without the additional expense for a dedicated IP.