SSL certificates encrypt the data exchanged between your website and its visitors, preventing unauthorized access by cybercriminals and ensuring strong website security.
Search engines like Google favor websites having SSL certificates. Adding an SSL can improve your SEO rankings and lead to higher conversions.
SSL-protected websites build trust by assuring customers that their payments and personal information are safe.
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Understand the SSL encryption process step-by-step, from initiating a secure connection to protecting online data transfer.
After buying an SSL certificate, you receive a public and private key, so when any visitor visits your SSL-enabled website, their browser asks to establish a secure connection from the web server by verifying if it's reliable. The server responds by returning its public key to prove its authenticity.
The visitor's browser verifies, if the SSL is valid or expired, does it match the domain name, is it coming from a reliable CA. Once everything is verified, the web server and the browser do a TLS handshake and exchange public and private keys to ensure a secure connection. After verification, they make use of a shared secret key for rapid communication.
After all of this sequence of complex processes between keys and algorithms, an SSL certificate builds a strong and secure shield around your online communications. Thus, all the online connection between the server and the browser is fully secured by encryption.
Questions answered when you buy an SSL certificate online.
A widely used security protocol, SSL, also referred to as Secure Sockets Layer, keeps your website safe by encrypting the communication between the web server and the browser used by the user visiting your website.
The primary reasons why you should buy an SSL certificate include
1. It secures credit card payment processing on your website during checkouts
2. Safeguards sensitive information at the time of online interactions
3. Secures login or sign-in functionality on your website
4. Protects personal information such as customer address, license, ID numbers, or date of birth
5. Helps to comply with established privacy regulations like HIPAA, PCI, etc.
6. Also protects confidential information like login credentials by encrypting passwords
Yes, if your website collects sensitive information or accepts online credit/debit card payments using a payment gateway or needs users to log in to your website, then it is necessary to buy an SSL certificate to encrypt information and assure secure online communication.
Installing an SSL certificate is important because during online payment processes, critical information such as credit/debit card numbers, names of the cardholders, card expiration dates, and CVV numbers is transmitted over the web. Also, an SSL certificate helps in making your website PCI-compliant.
Additionally, a well-informed user knows everything about website security and wants to confirm if your website’s shopping cart is secure before buying anything. Hence, having a website without an SSL certificate could result in potential customer loss.
guvihost.com offers both free and paid SSL certificates. Paid SSL Certificates include
1. Domain SSL - Secures the main domain
2. Public IP SAN - Secures public IP
3. BusinessTrust SSL - Secures the main domain
4. Wildcard SSL - Secures the main domain & subdomains
5. BusinessTrust EV - Secures the main domain
6. BusinessTrust Wildcard - Secures the main domain and subdomains
And we offer Let’s Encrypt as a free SSL certificate.
To verify if your website has an SSL certificate, ascertain if a padlock icon is displayed next to the URL in the browser, and the URL starts with https://.
If your website users want to know what type of SSL is installed on the website, then they just have to click on padlock icon present on the left-hand side of the browser. They’ll see all the information about the SSL certificate or the website security.
SSL certificates are usually compliant with 99% of web browsers. It includes all the major browsers.
CSR means ‘Certificate Signing Request,’ which is an encrypted text file that contains information related to a website or an organization that needs to be submitted to a CA (Certificate Authority) when buying an SSL certificate.
Yes, Guvihost provides a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) along with the SSL certificate and also handles its installation if your website is hosted on our servers. Despite that, if your website is hosted with another web hosting provider, we’ll generate and send you the required SSL files, which include:
1. The SSL certificate file
2. The private key
3. The CA bundle (Certificate Authority bundle)
Using these files, you can then install the SSL certificate on your web hosting service provider’s server. If you further need help, our priority support team is available 24/7/365 to assist you along the way.
A Domain SSL can secure a main domain, and a Wildcard SSL can secure a main domain & its subdomains. guvihost.com offers both of these types of SSL certificates.
As Google considers website security as one of the important ranking factors, having an SSL certificate on your website increases the chances of ranking higher in search results.