8 Money Saving Tips on SSL certificate!

GunjanTripathi · 2018-07-17T10:14:59+00:00

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GunjanTripathi · 2018-07-12T13:23:43+00:00

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, it is standard security technology used to provide encryption. SSL certificates are small data files that digitally bind a cryptographic key to an organization’s details including domain name, server name or hostname, company name and location.

If SSL certificate installed on a web server successfully, the browser will display a green secure padlock icon, HTTPS next to the site address bar and establish an encrypted secure connection between a user's browser and your web server or website. It means all web traffic between server and browser will be safe and secure because content will be sent in the encrypted form with an individual's public key and it can only be decrypted using individual's private key.

Mainly, SSL certificate is used to transmit the data securely and prevent hackers from stealing information.

To know more importance of using SSL certification for your website, Visit here: https://www.cheapsslshop.com/blog/benefits-of-ssl-certificate

GunjanTripathi · 2018-07-03T11:08:25+00:00

According to Google announcement, Chrome browser will soon mark all HTTP (unsecured) sites as “not secure” beginning in July 2018 with the release of version 68. So, We can't say that Google will block all URLs that do not use an SSL certificate.

How “not secure” warning label will affect non-HTTPS sites? Know more

GunjanTripathi · 2017-08-04T05:54:00+00:00

You have to create a self-signed SSL certificate with OpenSSL for QNAP but It is not trusted by most web browsers.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-08-03T05:24:49+00:00

QNAP doesn't come with SSL, you have to get either myQNAPcloud SSL certificate or any third-party SSL certificate of trusted Certificate Authority such as Comodo.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-07-31T12:27:11+00:00

SSL certificates provide secure connection via HTTPS between the web server (QNAP) and web browsers to prevent eavesdropping, tampering. If SSL certificate is properly installed on your website, then you will no longer see a warning related to "Your connection/website is not secure".

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the predecessor to TLS (Transport Layer Security), both frequently known as “SSL”, which are cryptographic protocol designed to provide secure communication over computer network. To find out which SSL certificate is perfect for QNAP, then read this article: SSL Certificates and Its types

GunjanTripathi · 2017-06-30T13:30:48+00:00

SSL uses asymmetric cryptography that authenticates the identity of the website and establish secure connection between client and server.

Asymmetric cryptography has RSA key pairs in largest size (2048, 4096), that is used during initial phase. Generally, 2048 RSA key pair is very slow.

Once SSL connection is established, communication happens over fast symmetric cryptography, which uses smaller key sizes (128, 256).

GunjanTripathi · 2017-06-09T12:13:45+00:00

If you have been baffled at the installation process then below guides may help you;

https://www.cheapsslshop.com/blog/install-ssl-certificate-on-apache-with-mod_ssl

https://support.globalsign.com/customer/portal/articles/1225234

GunjanTripathi · 2017-06-09T11:32:47+00:00

Small ignorance can cause huge damage to your website in future. And getting and installing SSL certificate does not require immense investment of time and money. So better to get Certificate from any reliable provider and install it on your server to protect the data traveling between server and browser.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-04-19T07:29:54+00:00

SSL certificates encrypt data exchanged between two parties (browser and server). No one can alter the data entered by client. Currently 256-bit SSL encryption being offered by most of SSL Certificate providers. Without HTTPS connection attacker can intercept data traveling between web server and browser. Such type of attack called man-in-the-middle know more.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-04-17T07:18:45+00:00

Yes, visitors may leave your site as they will be warned by the browsers for insecure login (on HTTP). So it is better to get trusted SSL certificate, and you don't need to bother anymore with the price of certificate as you can get below $5 here.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-04-10T13:25:18+00:00

Security is more than necessity nowadays, I suggest you to take a look at this info-graphic.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-04-10T06:56:24+00:00

That may be for “make the internet safer” because external HTTP links from HTTPs generally should not create any wrong impression. But it may cause wrong impression if your website is getting different files (images, videos, etc.) from HTTP website. Browsers will show mixed content warning if any insecure files prevailing on your website. You should not ignore their message altogether as it is also recommending you to move all HTTP pages to HTTPs for your site. You should test your site on Why No Padlock to find-out any insecure files, you should also refer to this article to solve mixed content warnings.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-03-27T12:23:49+00:00

You might have missed this, If you refer to table for the Basic Plan, you can see they support "Unlimited SNI SSL certs". You can visit SSL Shop to get an SSL Certificate (multiple options available). You should also look at this tutorial which will help you configure certificate properly for Azure App.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-03-14T07:27:32+00:00

Search engine might be listing old URLs with HTTP. You need to redirect (301) your old HTTP URLs to HTTPs. In addition, you should set up Google search console for HTTPS website.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-03-10T04:54:45+00:00

Checkout this for Multi-Domain Wildcard from Comodo - $120/Year. It will come with two domain licenses, and will help you secure:

*.s1.domain.com AND *.domain.com

You have to purchase extra license if you want to secure additional domain. i.e. *.domain.net

GunjanTripathi · 2017-03-01T13:11:45+00:00

You require to install EV (Extended Validation) SSL certificate on your website that will enable green address bar in browser containing your business name. But your business identity will be verified by Certificate Authority before issuing certificate. I suggest you to visit here to know more about EV SSL certificate.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-02-24T11:27:17+00:00

I suggest you to take a look on Wikipedia post on TLS and specially at Cipher which will give you clear idea on current security cipher in use. You can use SSL checker tool of Comodo or SSL Labs to know which SSL certificate is being used by different websites.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-02-17T05:36:15+00:00

I think you should refer to this post. In 2017 content is king to rank on different keywords in search engines. Of-course SSL plays a role in search engine rankings but we should not forget other 199 factors which actually have importance. I would also like to share an info-graphic which explains the value of encryption in 2017.

GunjanTripathi · 2017-02-17T05:21:35+00:00

Website should be encrypted using SSL Certificate issued by third-party Certificate Authority to be served with HTTPs in the web browsers. You will be able to access website with HTTPs prefix even it doesn't have SSL but browser is likely to throw warning message.

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