What is SSL?

What is SSL?

What is SSL?

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for setting up an encrypted link involving a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral. SSL is an industry standard and is used by millions of websites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers.

To be able to create an SSL connection a web server requires an SSL Certificate. When you choose to make active SSL on your web server you will be encouraged to complete a number of questions about the identity of your website and your company. Your web server then creates two cryptographic keys - a Private Key and a Public Key.

The Public Key does not need to be secret and is located into a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) - a data file also having your details. You should then submit the CSR. During the SSL Certificate application process, the Certification Authority will authenticate your details and issue an SSL Certificate containing your details and letting you to use SSL. Your web server will match your issued SSL Certificate to your Private Key. Your web server will then be able to establish an encrypted link between the website and your customer's web browser.

The complexities of the SSL protocol remain unseen to your customers. Instead their browsers provide them with a key indicator to let them know they are presently protected by an SSL encrypted session - the lock icon in the lower right-hand corner, clicking on the lock icon displays your SSL Certificate and the details about it. All SSL Certificates are issued to either companies or legally responsible individuals.

Usually an SSL Certificate will contain your domain name, your company name, your address, your city, your state and your country. It will also include the expiration date of the Certificate and details of the Certification Authority accountable for the issuance of the Certificate. When a browser connects to a secure site it will retrieve the site's SSL Certificate and ensure that it has not expired, it has been issued by a Certification Authority the browser trusts, and that it is being used by the website for which it has been issued. If it's not succeeds on any one of these checks the browser will show a word of warning to the end user letting them know that the site is not secured by SSL.

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