Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a protocol employed to encode the information exchanged between a hosting server and its users. The practical application of using an SSL is to secure the data that customers submit on your site - a login page, a payment page if you run a web-based store, and so forth. Any info they enter in any box on the website shall be submitted safely to the server, so their login or payment information will be protected from being accessed by unauthorized people. In general, an SSL certificate needs a dedicated IP address to be installed, which implies the overall cost for your presence online will be bigger. While this might not exactly be an issue for a larger company, it may matter for a non-profit organization or a small web store that does not generate big revenue if additional money should be spent. That's the key reason why we have taken advantage of an extension referred to as Server Name Indication (SNI) and we have made it possible to use a shared server IP address to install an SSL certificate.

Shared SSL IP in Web Hosting

A shared IP can be used for any SSL certificate, irrespective if you buy it from our company or from some other seller and regardless of the web hosting service that you have on our end. If you acquire the SSL from us, you will discover this option on the certificate order page in your hosting CP where you can also take 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 through the specially configured server shared IP, thus once you obtain and approve the SSL, there shall not be anything else to do on your end. You'll be able to save the money that you will otherwise need to pay for a dedicated IP address and the SSL shall work in the same exact way, so any info which the visitors submit will be encrypted. The sole difference is that if you type the shared IP instead of your domain inside a web browser, the Internet site will not appear.

Shared SSL IP in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you host a website in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you'd like to protect the data of your site 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 in the SSL order wizard that you'll find within the Hepsia hosting CP and you could even select the certificate to be set up for the particular domain or subdomain automatically by our system. That way everything can be set up for you on the shared IP the minute you approve the SSL. With this service we grant you the chance to preserve the data of your Internet site users at no additional cost and without affecting the way the SSL shall encode the info in any way. The sole main difference from using a dedicated address is that your Internet site shall not accessible if you type the shared IP address rather than the domain/subdomain in the Internet browser address bar.