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What is SSL?
How dose SSL work?
How do I add this feature?
What is
SSL?
Secure Socket Layers provide a means for submitting encrypted data
via the web. SSL works based upon a public key / certificate system.
As data is transmitted it is encrypted into 40 bit encryption and
the web server then decrypts the data once it is transmitted. In
the rare occasion that the data was stolen during the transmission
process the only data that they would be would be encrypted which
means that viewing it would show nothing but letters, numbers,
and symbols randomly mixed.
How dose SSL work?
In order for this process to work without many warning messages
from IE and Netscape about possible security hazards a certificate
must be obtained from a trusted source. A certificate is only
good for one domain name. Our certificates has been purchased
from Thawte for usage with a variety of certificates at the "rklhost.com" domain.
How do
I add this feature?
If you would like to enable SSL on your account contact Ventures
Online and ask to take advantage of this feature. If you would
like to have your own certificate installed so that customers can
navigate your site via https://www.yourdomain.com you will have
to purchase your own certificate and have us generate a key request
and install it on the server. We recommend using Thawte for this
purpose. Once you have the key from thawte, RKLhost will install
it for you.
(Please note there is a $100.00 one time fee to install your Personal
SSL Certificate.) |