What is SSL?

[davidsmith]

What is SSL? SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It is an encryption technology created by Netscape in the 1990. SSL creates an encrypted connection between your web server and your visitors' web browser allowing for personal information to be transmitted without the problems of message forgery, data tampering, and eavesdropping.

[vps9 networks]

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. SSL certificate binds the website data with security. It creates a secure network between the website visitor and the website data. SSL has an encryption protocol that keeps all the data encrypted hence providing a secure connection to the consumer. This encryption protocol avoids hackers from stealing sensitive data from the website. So it is necessary to implement an SSL certificate on a website.