If you want to protect the info that visitors submit on your website, you'll need an SSL certificate. The abbreviation is short for Secure Sockets Layer and this is a protocol used to encode any info exchanged between an Internet site and its users as to guarantee that even if an unauthorized individual intercepts any information, they shall not be able to read or use it in any way. The current level of encryption makes it virtually impossible to decrypt the real content, therefore if you have a login form of some sort or you offer services and products online and customers submit credit card information, using an SSL certificate shall be a guarantee that the data is protected. Usually 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 run a small online shop, a non-profit organization or any other entity which does not generate a big revenue, 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 Website Hosting
You'll be able to use a shared IP for an SSL certificate with every single cloud website hosting solution which we offer and no matter if the SSL is acquired through us or through a third-party business. If the SSL is purchased on our end, not only will you be able to select 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 shall handle the installation for you within a couple of seconds and you won't need to do anything personally. The sole difference between using a shared IP and a dedicated one is that your Internet site won't appear if you try to open https://the-IP-address as opposed to https://your-domain-name, but besides that, everything shall be identical. With this feature you could protect the info of your clients and have a reliable website without the additional expense for a dedicated IP.