SSL Certificates for Web Hosting

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What is a SSL certificate?

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SSL stands for Security Sockets Layer, this certificate creates and encrypt connection between your web site server and your visitors site browser, while maintaining safe all your data from being stolen also from data tampering and message forgery. Once this program is installed on the web site it automatically protects HTTP protocol and secures all the data transferring between the web site and the browser.

Types of SSL certificate

All of the following types have standard encryption protection methods, but they have specific requirements and objectives, depending on what the web sites need and these are the most common SSL certificate use by web hosting to protect their clients web sites. 

Wildcard SSL

This is a certificate especially for web sites with a high traffic of transactions, offering protection for your sub domains on a single root or host name.

Multi Domain SSL

As its name refers, this certificate can protect an entire set of domains. They also secure domains that might go away in a short period of time or are near to exist, in order to, prevent from other people taking them. Although it protects multiple domains, it has a limited number permitted.

Single Domain SSL

This the perfect SSL certificate for simple web sites that have only one domain, which is what it covers, this certificate will secured all the transactions  for a single domain, eCommerce web site or others with the same conditions.

Extended SSL

It is considered the most secure certificate of all, thanks to its high standard security methods, which include not only checking the domain but also the corporation legal status. Web sites that use this certificate turn green when putting their name in the browser. This certificate is often used by bank’s web sites and some email web sites.

It is very important that your web hosting service gives you the certain of having a SSL certificate, for their and your comfort.