SSL Certificates Faq’s
Q. SSL certificates, what are they?
Ans. SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a protocol created by Netscape to make sure that the transactions between web servers and the client browsers are secured. Basically, the SSL protocol uses a 3rd party, Certificate Authority, to see each end of the transactions. Doing transactions without exploitation an SSL, the data sent to an web site is often at a high risk, because it can often simply intercepted and viewed by hackers.
Q. How an SSL Certificate Works?
Ans. The operating of SSL certificate is extremely easy. Once a user enters a web page into the browser having (https://) protocol, the web server sends the public key with the certificate, and is checked by the browser and finds that it was issued by a 3rd trusty party and is valid. once it’s confirmed, the public secret’s employed by the browser create an encryption key and directs it with an encrypted URL and data to the server. When the web server receives the request it decrypts it using the private key and uses the symmetric key so as to decrypt the http data. The server then sends out the requested HTML document nad information in an encrypted form with the help of symmetric key, which is then decrypted by the browser exploitation constant symmetric key and reveals the information.