Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a protocol used to encrypt the data exchanged between a web server and its users. The practical application of using an SSL is to preserve the data that clients submit on your site - a login page, a payment page if you run an Internet store, and so forth. Any info they enter in any box on the site shall be submitted securely to the server, so their login or payment information shall be protected from being accessed by unauthorized people. Typically, an SSL certificate needs a dedicated IP address to be installed, meaning that the overall cost for your presence online shall be bigger. While this may not be an issue for a larger firm, it might matter for a non-profit organization or a small online store which does not generate big profits if additional money should be spent. That's the reason why we've 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 Cloud Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all of our cloud hosting solutions and with any SSL certificate issued from any retailer. If you prefer to work with an SSL from our company, everything can be arrange automatically and you won't have to do anything after you obtain and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will allow you to pick a shared IP address to be used and the SSL to be installed by our system, so using this function requires no more than 2 additional mouse clicks after you fill the needed information for the certificate. The appropriate functioning of the SSL won't be influenced in any way and any data which site visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and secured in the same exact way. The only big 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 this way instead of typing your domain within the web browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host a website within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you would like to preserve the information of your site visitors, you shall be able to use a shared IP address that has been configured for SSL certificates with only several mouse clicks. You can select this option inside the SSL order wizard that you'll find inside the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you could even choose the certificate to be installed for the particular domain or subdomain automatically by our system. This way everything could be installed for you on the shared IP the instant you approve the SSL. With this service we offer you the opportunity to protect the information of your site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL shall encode the data in any way. The sole big difference from using a dedicated address is that your Internet site shall not accessible if you enter the shared IP address as opposed to the domain/subdomain in the browser address bar.