what is SSL - can anyone explain.

[indians]

Dear All,

can anyone explain what is SSL and what is the use of the SSL.

how to use the SSL.

Thank you,
indian.

[carl6969]

Here is a link to start learning about SSL
SSL

[indians]

Here is a link to start learning about SSL
SSL

i mean by website what is the use of SSL in web pages.

if i am right you provided the link is no for web sites.

correct me if i have mistaken.

[descalzo]

How it works

Essentially it is a secure way of communicating over the web.

After some initial greetings and 'checks', the browser and server exchange a 'key' which is used to encrypt the sessions transmissions. If someone were able to intercept the transmission of say the contents of a form that contains credit card numbers, Social Security information, etc, they would not be able to decrypt it.

Part of the 'greetings and checks' is a digital certificate presented by the server to 'prove' that they are who they say they are.

[indians]

How it works

Essentially it is a secure way of communicating over the web.

After some initial greetings and 'checks', the browser and server exchange a 'key' which is used to encrypt the sessions transmissions. If someone were able to intercept the transmission of say the contents of a form that contains credit card numbers, Social Security information, etc, they would not be able to decrypt it.

Part of the 'greetings and checks' is a digital certificate presented by the server to 'prove' that they are who they say they are.

how to integrate SSL into my website. my control panel is cpanel. and how to check that SSL is integrated into my web page.

i want to integrate SSL into my website example mywebsite.com what should i do to implement it, explain what i should do.

[jpr28056]

You can't use SSL on free hosting because it requires a dedicated IP address. Free hosting has shared SSL which I don't have a clue how to use.

[techairlines]

You can't use SSL on free hosting because it requires a dedicated IP address. Free hosting has shared SSL which I don't have a clue how to use.

To use shared SSL, visit https://[servername].x10hosting.com/~cpanelusername

It's not working properly right now after the recent server migrations but it will be configured soon.

[indians]

To use shared SSL, visit https://[servername].x10hosting.com/~cpanelusername

It's not working properly right now after the recent server migrations but it will be configured soon.

i have taken i SSL certificate. i want to install it in my host and i want to use it.

how i can do that.

[techairlines]

i have taken i SSL certificate. i want to install it in my host and i want to use it.

how i can do that.

If you bought your own private SSL certificate, you need a dedicated IP address for your website, which you need to get premium hosting for. It is not possible to get a dedicated IP on free hosting.