Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a protocol employed to encrypt the information exchanged between a web server and its users. The practical application of using an SSL is to preserve the data that customers submit on your Internet site - a login page, a payment page if you run an online store, and so on. Any info they input in any box on the Internet site will be submitted safely and securely to the server, so their login or payment data shall be protected from being accessed by unauthorized people. Typically, an SSL certificate needs a dedicated IP address to be set up, which means the overall cost for your presence online shall be higher. While this may not be an issue for a larger business, it may matter for a non-profit organization or a small web store which does not generate big revenue if additional money should be spent. That is the reason why we have taken advantage of an extension called Server Name Indication (SNI) and we have made it possible to use a shared server IP address to set up an SSL certificate.

Shared SSL IP in Shared Website Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all our shared website hosting plans and with any SSL certificate issued from any retailer. If you choose to use an SSL from our company, everything can be arrange automatically and you will not have to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will permit you to select a shared IP address to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this function requires only 2 additional mouse clicks after you fill the needed info for the certificate. The proper functioning of the SSL won't be affected in any way and any info which site visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and protected in the same exact way. The sole difference from using a dedicated address is that http:// will not open your site, but it is extremely unlikely that anybody will ever attempt to access it that way rather than typing your domain name within the web browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The shared IP address option is available with all Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages and the setup takes only a couple of clicks within the hosting CP no matter if you buy an SSL through our business or from a third-party vendor. There shall not be any difference in the way the certificate functions or encodes the data your visitors submit, so your Internet site shall be protected without spending the extra funds for a dedicated IP. The sole thing that will be different is that https://the-shared-IP won't open your site, unlike https://the-dedicated-IP, but it is highly unlikely that anyone will ever try to access your internet site in this way rather than keying in your domain name. In addition, we offer an auto-configuration option for the SSLs ordered via our company and if you select it and you choose to use a shared IP instead of a dedicated one, our system will set everything up the moment the SSL is approved and issued with no need for any action on your end.