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What is an SSL Certificate and why is it important?
SSL Certificates are small data files that digitally bind a cryptographic key to an organization's details. When installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to a browser. Typically, SSL is used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins, and more recently is becoming the norm when securing browsing of social media sites.
SSL Certificates are small data files that digitally bind a cryptographic key to an organization's details. When installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to a browser.
SSL is used is to keep sensitive information sent across the Internet encrypted so that only the intended recipient can understand it. It is important because the information we send on the Internet is passed from computer to computer to reach the destination server. Any computer in between me and the server can see our sensitive information if it is not encrypted with an SSL certificate. If we use an SSL certificate, the information becomes unreadable to everyone except for the server you are sending the information to. Thus, it protects the data from hackers and identity thieves
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral.