Everything You Need to Know About the SSL Certificate
Secure Sockets Layer or SSL are security standards used to encrypt the web connections between the client’s browser and the web server. Even though the term SSL protocol has been replaced by TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol, it is still used. Every website with “HTTPS” in its web address uses the SSL/TLS protocol. The web browser displays a green padlock on the immediate next of the web page address whenever it sees a valid SSL certificate. This signifies users that their connection is secure; all the communication between the web server and their browser is being conducted through an encrypted channel. Why use SSL certificates? It is necessary to have SSL encryption on the networks. This is because the information that you share over a network passes through a lot of other computers that are linked on a similar network so that it can reach the destined web server. This simply means that the intermediary computers can easily access the shared information. They can ac...