SSL stands for secure sockets layer. An SSL Certificate is a small data file that enables the creation a secure connection between a website and its visitors in order to ensure the privacy and security of all information shared. The main function of SSL certification is to ensure data encryption that is helpful in creating less risky (possibility of being hacked) transactions on the internet.
Various key benefits of employing SSL certificates are:
- Help to identity users on remote computer
- Ensure protection of e-mail messages
- Allow secure communication on the internet
- Allows key usage policies
- Protects system software from getting hacked
- Ensure the identity of a remote computer
How Are SSL Certificates Created?
SSL certificates digitally bind a cryptographic key to a user’s information. This key is what allows the information sent to be verified as genuine. Typically, SSL is used to secure things like credit card transactions. SSL digital certificates are only one part of the SSL protocol, which aims to provide privacy and integrity of communications over computer networks. In the process of achieving privacy, SSL encrypts the information sent so it cannot be read by eavesdropping parties. In addition to this, it authenticates information with these digital certificates.
Having an SSL certificate improves the quality of your website. It also increases your Google rankings and builds customer trust. In order to get an SSL certificate, a certificate singing request must be created on your server. In the process of a CSR, the server is likely to ask you to provide the information below.
- Organization name
- Organization location(country, city, etc)
- Key type
- Key size
This information is taken and used to create an encoded file along with a private key and a public key. All SSL certificates have a public key and a private key. This file is sent to a Certificate Authority, who issues an SSL certificate, with the public key. The CA does not see your private key, but creates something that matches it from your encoded file. The CA then sends you an SSL certificate, which you install on your server.
When visitors feel secure because of your use of an SSL certificate when making purchases from your online store or website, they will use it again and again. Also Google recently announced that having an SSL Certificate is the easiest thing site owners can do to boost their SEO ranking.
References
“What Is an SSL Certificate?” GlobalSign, https://www.globalsign.com/en/ssl-information-center/what-is-an-ssl-certificate/.
“What Is an SSL Certificate?” NetworkSolutions, http://www.networksolutions.com/education/what-is-an-ssl-certificate/
“The Purpose of Using an SSL Certificate.” SSL Hopper, https://www.sslshopper.com/why-ssl-the-purpose-of-using-ssl-certificates.html
“SSL.” DigiCert, https://www.digicert.com/ssl/
Written by Marshall Frett Jr. and Pamela Katali
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