Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a protocol that is used to encrypt the information exchanged between a server and its users. The practical application of employing an SSL is to protect the info that clients submit on your 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 website will be submitted safely to the server, so their login or payment data shall be protected from being accessed by unauthorized people. Usually, an SSL certificate needs a dedicated IP address to be installed, which suggests the overall cost for your presence online will be higher. While this might not exactly be a problem for a larger firm, it may matter for a non-profit organization or a small online shop which doesn't generate big earnings if additional money should be spent. This 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 Shared Web Hosting

You'll be able to use this option with all our shared web hosting packages and with any SSL certificate issued from any dealer. If you prefer to work with an SSL from our company, everything shall be arrange automatically and you won't need to do anything after you order and approve the certificate. The SSL order wizard will permit you to select a shared IP to be used and the SSL to be set up by our system, so using this function requires no more than 2 additional clicks after you fill the needed details for the certificate. The appropriate functioning of the SSL shall not be impacted in any way and any info that site visitors submit on your website will be encrypted and protected in the same exact way. The only difference from working with a dedicated address is that http:// won't open your Internet site, but it is unlikely that anybody will ever seek to access it that way rather than typing your domain name within the Internet browser URL bar.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host a website within a semi-dedicated hosting account from our company and you wish to secure the data of your visitors, you'll be able to use a shared IP which has been configured for SSL certificates with a couple of clicks. You can select this option in the SSL order wizard which you will find in the Hepsia hosting CP and you could even pick the certificate to be set up for the given domain name or subdomain automatically by our system. In this way everything could be set up for you on the shared IP the minute you approve the SSL. With this service we offer you the opportunity to secure the data of your site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL shall encode the information in any way. The one main difference from using a dedicated address is that your site shall not accessible if you enter the shared IP as opposed to the domain/subdomain within the browser address bar.