Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a protocol employed to encode the info exchanged between a web server and its users. The practical application of employing an SSL is to secure the data which customers submit on your website - a login page, a payment page if you run a web-based store, etc. Any content they input in any box on the website will be submitted safely to the server, so their login or payment information will be protected from being accessed by unauthorized individuals. Normally, an SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP address to be set up, which suggests the overall cost for your web presence shall be higher. While this might not exactly be an issue for a larger firm, it might matter for a non-profit organization or a small web store that doesn't generate big revenue if additional money should be spent. This is the main reason why we have taken advantage of an extension called Server Name Indication (SNI) and we've made it possible to use a shared server IP address to set up an SSL certificate.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Hosting

A shared IP could be employed for any SSL certificate, no matter if you purchase it from our company or from some other retailer and regardless of the cloud hosting plan you have on our end. If you get the SSL from us, you shall find this option on the certificate order page within your hosting CP where you could also make use of the 1-click automatic configuration option that we offer. If the latter is picked inside the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you using the specially configured server shared IP, so once you acquire and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the funds you'll otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL shall do the job in the exact same way, so any information which the site visitors submit will be encoded. The sole difference is that if you input the shared IP address instead of your domain name in a browser, the Internet site shall not appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

Any SSL certificate can be employed with our specifically set up shared IPs, so if you have a semi-dedicated server account, you'll be able to use this option with just a few mouse clicks when you install a certificate which you acquire through us or through any other vendor. For the SSLs that we offer you are also able to take advantage of another function and have our system set everything up for you. Thus the moment you approve the SSL, the shared IP address will be set for the given domain name or subdomain and the certificate will be installed with no action required on your end, and so any information that site visitors submit on your Internet site will be secure. The SSL shall function in the same exact way regardless if it is set on a shared or a dedicated IP address and the 1 thing which is different between the two setups is that inputting the shared IP as a URL within a browser will not open your site.