WHAT IS SSL CERTIFICATE
problem you want to provide your customers with a safe secure environment on your website solution get some web security the web can be an amazing place in addition to providing products or information to people in your neighborhood city or state you can talk to anyone in the world however there are all sorts of bad people out there who would like nothing better than to steal your customers information and credit card numbers and if customers don't feel safe on your site they won't want to do business with you so setup web security let's use Ben CIL's pencils as an example they've registered a domain name they've had their website designed and hosted and they're ready to start selling online they need security to provide their customers with a safe secure shopping environment in order to do this denzil's must purchase what's known as an ssl certificate an ssl certificate is a sort of online ID card that assure shoppers Bensons pencils is who they say they are this ssl certificate can be purchased from a web services company who is a certificate authority they research pencils check their references and positively determine they are who they claim to be online in addition to providing identity confirmation ssl certificates also encrypt any data that flows to and from Bensel site keeping it secure from outsiders security might be offered by the company that hosts pencils website and if it isn't they can always use a third party now let's say an online shopper named Todd wants to purchase a nice mahogany pencil set there are basically two computers involved with this transaction the server hosting pencils pencils website and the computer Todd is using to shop from Todd's computer connects two pencils website looks at the ssl certificate and verifies benson's identity with the certificate authority if everything checks out the computers form an initial connection called a handshake during which they'll decide what kind of encryption or scrambling they'll use this agreement is used to establish a secure connection between the two computers called an SSL or secure socket layer depending on the certificate that been CIL's purchased Todd's browser may display a small icon shaped like a lock a thumbs up a green browser bar or some other reassuring symbol when security is in place once the computers agree on the method they're going to use data starts to flow back in forth between them when data leaves one computer it's scrambled using the agreed-upon method and then descrambled when it arrives at the other computer now Todd can place his order using a credit card and no matter who tries to interfere the order shipping information and credit card number go to Benson's pencils and nowhere else so let's review to create a secure website you purchase an SSL certificate this certificate authenticates a business's online identity and creates a unique scrambled connection to provide online shoppers with a safe secure environment if customers feel safe they'll feel more comfortable doing business with you on the web problem solved
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