Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a protocol that is used to encrypt the information exchanged between a hosting server and its users. The practical application of using an SSL is to secure the data that visitors submit on your site - a login page, a payment page if you run a web-based store, and so forth. Any data they type in in any box on the Internet site shall be submitted safely to the server, so their login or payment information shall be protected from being accessed by unauthorized people. Typically, an SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP address to be set up, which means the overall cost for your online presence shall be bigger. While this might not be an issue for a larger enterprise, it may matter for a non-profit organization or a small online store that doesn't generate big revenue if additional money should be spent. That is the key reason why we have taken advantage of an extension known as Server Name Indication (SNI) and we've made it possible to use a shared server IP address to install an SSL certificate.

Shared SSL IP in Cloud Website 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 website hosting plan which you have on our end. If you get the SSL through us, you will come across this option on the certificate order page within your hosting Control Panel where you can also take full advantage of the 1-click automatic configuration option we offer. If the latter is picked inside the SSL order wizard, our system shall install and set up everything for you via the specially configured server shared IP address, thus once you obtain and approve the SSL, there will not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the funds you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL shall do the job in the exact same way, so any info which the visitors submit will be encoded. The sole difference is that if you type the shared IP instead of your domain name inside a browser, the website shall not appear.