Protect your website traffic with an SSL certificate.

For your customers’ safety, and your reputation, protect your website with an SSL certificate.

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Why do I need an SSL certificate?

Not only does an SSL certificate encrypt data transmission to and from your website, but as of July 2018, many web browsers will flag a website as “not secure” unless it detects that it has a valid SSL certificate.

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What does an SSL provide?

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FAQs

Please read our frequently asked questions about SSl certificates.

Yes; it is included at no extra charge with your hosting account. As HTTPS becomes more and more pertinent to search engine results, web browser behavior, and overall web security, it is our responsibility to do everything we can to keep our customers informed and protected. In this spirit, we are providing this SSL certificate free of charge. Of course, for additional features you may certainly purchase an upgraded SSL for your account.

This is a very involved, and highly-technical process with the end result being encrypted communication between your website and the web browser of anyone visiting your site. Initially, what is termed a “handshake” takes place between the hosting server and visiting web browser, this initiates the secure connection. A “session key” is then employed to encrypt all data transmitted between server and browser. This prevents any data passed between both sides from being decipherable by any third party. Intercepting data in this manner is often known as a “man-in-the-middle attack.”

Our KnowledgeBase contains many articles that fully explain the intricacies of SSL certificates, what they are, how they work and the various differences.