Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a protocol employed to encrypt the data exchanged between a server and its users. The practical application of using an SSL is to preserve the information which visitors submit on your site - a login page, a payment page if you run a web-based store, etc. Any info they input in any box on the Internet site will be submitted securely to the server, so their login or payment information shall be protected from being accessed by unauthorized people. Usually, an SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP address to be set up, which implies the overall cost for your online presence 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 that doesn't generate big income if additional money should be spent. That is the reason why we have taken advantage of an extension referred to as 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 Shared Web Hosting

A shared IP could be employed for any SSL certificate, regardless if you purchase it from our company or from some other vendor and regardless of the shared web hosting package you have on our end. If you get the SSL from us, you'll discover this option on the certificate order page in your hosting Control Panel where you could also make use of the 1-click automatic configuration option which we offer you. If the latter is chosen inside the SSL order wizard, our system will install and set up everything for you via the specifically configured server shared IP address, so once you order and approve the SSL, there won't be anything else to do on your end. You can save the funds that you will otherwise have to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL will do the job in the same exact way, so any information which the site visitors submit will be encrypted. The sole difference is that if you input the shared IP instead of your domain name within an Internet browser, the site won't appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you host a site inside a semi-dedicated hosting account from our company and you'd like to secure the data of your website visitors, you shall be able to use a shared IP address that has been configured for SSL certificates with a couple of mouse clicks. You can choose this option inside the SSL order wizard which you shall find in the Hepsia hosting CP and you could even pick the certificate to be set up for the particular domain name or subdomain automatically by our system. That way everything could be installed for you on the shared IP as soon as you approve the SSL. With this service we grant you the opportunity to protect 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 sole big difference from using a dedicated address is that your website shall not accessible if you input the shared IP as opposed to the domain/subdomain within the Internet browser address bar.