Friday, November 25, 2011

Frequently Asked Questions | Webnames.ca

Frequently Asked Questions | Webnames.ca: "Many websites, including those that utilize ecommerce or facilitate banking transactions use the protocol to transmit confidential user information, such as credit card numbers. By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:
What is an SSL certificate?
SSL Certificates are created for a particular server and domain, and are issued by trusted, third-party Certificate Authority (CA) - comparable to your passport. As the Certification Authority, the SSL Certificate vendor authenticates the identity of the purchaser and verifies the business that owns the domain."

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