People are getting smart about online security. More and more of them
are looking for the padlock icon and “https” prefix in the address bar
of their browser before submitting personal information online. If your
Web site doesn’t have an SSL Certificate visitors may leave before
making a purchase, creating an account or even signing up for a
newsletter. Change all that with an
SSL Certificate.
An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate is a digital certificate
that authenticates the identity of a website and encrypts information
sent to the server using SSL technology. Encryption is the process of
scrambling data into an undecipherable format that can only be returned
to a readable format with the proper decryption key.
A certificate serves as an electronic "passport" that establishes an
online entity’s credentials when doing business on the Web. When an
Internet user attempts to send confidential information to a Web server,
the user’s browser accesses the server’s digital certificate and
establishes a secure connection.
An SSL certificate contains the following information:
- The certificate holder’s name
- The certificate’s serial number and expiration date
- A copy of the certificate holder’s public key
- The digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority
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