Well it’s the start of another year and Hosting Ireland is continuing in it’s quest to deliver the best hosting services and solutions in Ireland. There are three main reasons why you should consider using Hosting Ireland if you’re not already doing so..
1. Products and Services
Hosting Ireland always endeavours to deliver the very best web hosting backed up with industry leading service standards. We’re always investing in new products and technology, such as the Cloud, making sure that we can continue to offer reliable, robust and secure hosting into the future.
2. Value for Money
We don’t claim to be the cheapest, as we believe customers want value for money. Our pricing is simple and we reward our customers where we can with discounts. For example if you buy a domain and hosting package at the same time we will give a discount on the domain price, with some hosting packages the domain even comes free.
We also give our customers the options on how and when to pay. Pay annually or pay monthly and spread the cost through the year. Choose to pay by debit card, credit card or direct debit, whichever is easier for you.
3. Customer Support
Our customers tell us time and time again that we have the best customer support and backup in the industry. We’re not the biggest, which we feel is an advantage, as we endeavour to be the best. All our customers can get in touch by phone or email. In fact, although some of our competitors would prefer their customers to submit an email, we love to speak with our customers.
We had the pleasure in attending the IEDR Optimise event at the Conrad Hotel in Dublin on Monday 10th December…. Here are a few pictures..
IEDR Optimise Event – Mr Mr Pat Rabbitte, T.D., Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, and David Curtain CEO IE Domian RegistryCateringEquipment.ie Accepting Award from Mr Pat Rabbitte, T.D., Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
This article is designed to answer some common questions regarding SSL Certificates – if you have other questions regarding SSL, please ask them in the comments below.
What is an SSL Cert?
SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer, as the name suggests an SSL adds an extra layer of security to your website and the way the server handles your websites data.
If a websiteis not using an SSL certificate – any user information sent from an online form to that websites server is transmitted in plain text, which obviously means if anyone gets their hands on that information; it is human readable.
If a websiteis using an SSL certificate – any information sent is encrypted using a key that is unique to the website, the server receiving the information is the only recipient that has the key required to decrypt the information.
This is why (n.b Only if if your entering data into a website) looking for the green bar and the address starting with https:// is so important.
None SSL URL Example Positive SSL Certificate Example EV SSL Certificate Example
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I have a website, do I need an SSL certificate?
If your website contains a form of any kind (especially a form that requests credit card / personal details) then I would say yes, you need to have an SSL certificate installed on your website. This could be clarified as overkill if you only have a contact form that requests basic details like name, email, message for instance, but in this case it would be up to you.
However, if you run an online shop or any type of client login area then having an SSL certificate should definitely be high on your todo list.
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Where do I get/activate an SSL certificate?
Most hosting companies have the facility to provide you with an SSL certificate (including us! See our range of SSL certificates here.) You can also find companies via Google that offer just an SSL certificate service, if you buy your SSL certificate with your hosting provider usually nothing more than clicking an authorisation email is required (except EV SSL Certs which require further information confirmation).
If you purchase your SSL with a seperate company they will issue you with your certificate (usually in a zip file including a CRT file) this is used by your hosting company to install the certificate on the server.
Once installed it is then the job of you or whoever updates your website to change internal links to pages that handle sensitive data to point to https://www.[yoursite]/securepage.html instead of the current http://…
With a lot of eCommerce platforms this can be done quite easily through the config file that includes a HTTPS path.
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Why are there so many different types of SSL?
Basically because there are different levels of security and uses for SSL certs, below we discuss some of the main types :
Positive Certificate – This is a domain level security cert that offers protection for one domain (e.g www.mydomain.com), this certificate is the basic security cert but even so it does securely transmit data from your users to the server so is ideal and cost effective for many small businesses and low volume websites.
UC Certificate – Unified Communications Certificates are used to secure products such as Microsoft Exchange or other Server types, this certificate allows you to secure multiple domains and/or sub domains under the one certificate.
Wildcard Certificate – When you have purchased a domain (e.g www.mydomain.com) you automatically have access to set up multple sub domains (e.g sub1.mydomain.com, sub2.mydomain.com) a sub domain replaces the www part of your domain. A wildcard SSL cert will secure an unlimited amount of sub domains for one domain.
EV Certificate – An Extended Valuation certificate authorises not only your website address but also your business details, this gives your customers the extra peace of mind that they are dealing directly with the correct company. This makes it unlikely that any Phishing attempts would be successful as the Phising site would never pass the tests involved in getting an EV cert.
Well what a great night at the Web Awards in Dublin last night! Great to see so many from the industry made the effort to attend and make a great evening.
All at Hosting Ireland would like to congratulate Entertainment.ie for winning the category Best Entertainment Site, Well Done!
We’re pleased to announce our sponsorship of this years Web Awards which will be held in Dublin at the Mansion House on Thursday 1st November 2012.
The Web Awards is now a fixture in the diary for anyone involved in the web and this year is going to be one of the best industry nights ever!
Hosting Ireland is delighted to sponsor ‘The Best Entertainment Website’ category. Everyone has their own favourite entertainment site, but now there are so many credible competitors all trying to capture out attention. Whether a high profile site that we’ve been use to experiencing the best in entertainment or a newcomer that’s looking to wow us, this years has a great short list of finalists.
‘We love everything to do with hosting websites and so its a great fit for Hosting Ireland to sponsoring the Web Awards… says Jonathan Bate – Managing Director Hosting Ireland. ‘The Best Entertainment Website’ category is one that everyone will be watching with interest…’
Why not consider joining us at this years awards and celebrate everything that is the web!
We’re always looking at ways to give our existing and new customers great value for money, so we’ve decided to extend our domain sale.
Continue to save 50% on the following domains:
.org €9.95 NOW €4.95 FREE Whois ID protection until 31st December
.co €29.95 NOW €14.95 FREE Whois ID protection Until 31st December
.mobi €19.95 NOW €9.95 until 31st December
.eu €9.95 NOW €4.95 until 31st October
.pro €9.95 NOW €4.95 until 31st October
.in €27.95 NOW €13.95 until 31st October
.es €29.95 NOW €14.95 until 31st October
We’ve now upgraded our cloud hosting packages so you get more Bandwidth, Space, Databases and much more…
Cloud Lite Plus Hosting now includes 100GB Bandwidth, 10GB Diskspace and 2 Databases for only €3.33 per month* – Plus you get 25% off your domain price.** More Info
Cloud Business Plus Hosting includes 200GB Bandwidth, 20GB Diskspace and 50 Databases for only €6.67 per month* – Plus you get 50% off your domain price.** More Info
Cloud Ultima Hosting now includes 500GB Bandwidth, 50GB Diskspace, 75 Databases Plus you get all this FREE: FREE SSL Certificate and IP Address, FREE Domain** FREE €75.00 AdWords voucher*** All only €12.49 per month* More Info
If you’re on one of our older hosting packages you can upgrade by simply paying the difference!
SSL Certificate Offer… save 33%
Hosting Ireland offers a comprehensive range of Comodo SSL Certificates and from now until the 31st October we’ve lowered the price of our Positive SSL Cert to €29.95 – Saving over 33% on our normal price of €45.00.
If we’re not managing all your domains and hosting why not consider making life a little simpler; manage all your hosting and domains from one control panel and save money. One of our friendly team of experts will be happy to quote, we’ll even include the transfer for FREE. Save money and make life that little bit easier…..
Simply call us on 1890 987000
Keep in touch with news and offers, or give us direct feedback… Connect with us on any of the following
*Price is based upon the annual price divided by 12 months
**This includes .ie, .com, .eu, .org, .Info, .net, biz and is not included in the September half price domain sale.
We’ve got some great savings on selected domains for the month of September.
Save 50% on the following domains
.org €9.95 NOW €4.95 FREE Whois ID protection
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.co €29.95 NOW €14.95 FREE Whois ID protection
.eu €9.95 NOW €4.95
.pro €9.95 NOW €4.95
.us €19.95 NOW €9.95
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.mobi €19.95 NOW €9.95
.in €27.95 NOW €13.95
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