Archive for April, 2014

posted by MariyaV @ 9:44 AM
April 10, 2014

SSL certificate. What is it?

SSL is an abbreviation of the Secure Sockets Layer. It might seem to be complicated but it’s absolutely not.

SSL is a technology that provides security channel between a server and a client – mostly between a web server and a browser or a mail server and a mail client. It lets some private information such as credit card numbers, passwords, and login details to be encrypted and securely transmitted over the Internet or the internal networks.

The thing is that when you enter some private information on the site without SSL it makes you an easy prey for criminals who want to get this data as it is sent as a plain text. It can be just your email and password but as we know, the majority of people use the same password for many services and even for bank accounts.

Therefore, SSL protects millions of people from disclosure of their confidential information every day.

To create an SSL connection a web server needs an SSL Certificate. Under SSL certificate is implied a certificate itself, a Private key and a chain of the certificates which should be installed on the web server for proper work of your secure channel. Read the rest of this entry »