If you would like to protect the data that visitors submit on your Internet site, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation refers to Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol employed to encode any information exchanged between a site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized person intercepts any information, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The present level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the actual content, therefore if you have a login form of some sort or you offer products and services online and customers submit credit card details, using an SSL certificate shall be an assurance that the data is secure. Typically a dedicated IP address is required to install an SSL, which will increase the cost to maintain your website. The additional cost may matter when you manage a small online store, a non-profit organization or any other entity which doesn't make a big profit, so to save you the money, 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 will be able to use this option with all our cloud hosting plans and with any SSL certificate issued from any dealer. When you choose to work with an SSL from our company, everything can be set up automatically and you will not need to do anything after you obtain and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will permit you to select a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this function requires only two additional clicks after you fill the needed details for the certificate. The adequate functioning of the SSL will not be influenced in any way and any details which website visitors submit on your website shall be encrypted and secured in the very same way. The sole difference from using a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your Internet site, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever attempt to access it in this way rather than typing your domain name in the browser URL bar.
Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you host a site within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you would like to preserve the information of your visitors, you shall be able to use a shared IP that has been configured for SSL certificates with a couple of mouse clicks. You can pick this option within the SSL order wizard that you will find within the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you could even pick the certificate to be set up for the given domain name or subdomain automatically by our system. That way everything can be installed for you on the shared IP the instant you approve the SSL. With this service we give you the opportunity to preserve the info of your site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL shall encode the info in any way. The one difference from using a dedicated address is that your Internet site shall not accessible if you enter the shared IP address as opposed to the domain/subdomain in the web browser address bar.