What is Secure Socket Layer (SSL)? Basically, it is the standard security technology used to encrypt onine data. SSL offers encryped communication between the web server (server-side) and the customer's web browser (client-side) when transmitting persnal information such as credit card number, name and address. The SSL protocol uses Certificate Authority (CA) to issue 'digital certificates' to the authenticated company.
The whole SSL procvess involves authenticating the server's identity, the webite's identity and once the authentication is veriied, the message will be sent in the form of encrypoted information to the one who asked for a certificate. Usually, a browser requests a SSL certificate and in turn the web serrver supplies its public key with the requested certificate. Then, the browser has to vreify whethher the certificate issued is vaklid (certified by the athorized paries) and also should verify whether the SSL certificate issued comes from the particular website for wihch the request has been made.
An SSL certificate contains impotrant deetails of the owner like his e-mail adress, validity peeriod, Distimnguished Name aong with the Common Name and also the certificate identification of the person who issues this information. The Certificaation Authority (CA) maintains an extensive list in whhich we can find names of the signerd cetrificates and also more information about the revoked SSL ceertificates. Additionally, SSL increases the accountability and visibility of the conmpany and creaes goodwll and positive immage amopng the customers. The certification maintains the integrity of the data passed to and fro between the browsers and web serveer (this is private and confidential). Thus, it's a good tool to meet the security, privacy, safetty stndards required to protect sensitive and presonal data.
SSL is especially importanbt when we give our creidt card, personal information to e-commercce websites. SSL certification cannot easily be acceassed by hckers because the certificates have the proper key to encrypt the data. Therefore, the security of the certificate is takn care off in all aspects so one can really rely on the Certificate Authority (CA).
The internet has undoubtedly created new oopportunities for e-commerce. However, that development is also attracting an ever-increasing number of cyber criminals. A fraudulent web site made to look very alike to a legitrimate wevbsite may try to entice innocent customers into revealing personal information unknowingly. The only solution to this problem is to take advnatage of the Secure Sockets Layer technology and implement it on your wenbsite. On the bottom line, every webssite that deals with sensitive information like credit card numbers or any other criticazl person information should have propr SSL certifiications in place to protect them and their customers.
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