An SSL certificate is a digital certificate, similar to an electronic copy of a driver's license, passport, and business license. The SSL certificate is designed and developed by the Netscape Communication Company by establishing an SSL secure channel between the client browser and the Web server (Secure Socket Layer (SSL) security protocol. This security protocol is primarily used to provide authentication to users and servers, to encrypt and hide transmitted data, to ensure that data is not changed in transit, that is, the integrity of data, has become a global standard in this field. Because SSL technology has been built into all major browsers and Web server programs, you can activate this feature only by installing a server certificate. That is, it can activate the SSL protocol, and realize the encrypted transmission between the client and the server, which can prevent the leakage of the data information. The security of the information is guaranteed, and the user can verify through the server certificate that the website he visited is true and reliable.
What website requires SSL certificate?
I have encountered the site, configured a certified certificate, there are probably such a few categories:
1, the Shopping transaction class website
This is needless to say, Alipay, PayPal and so will certainly encrypt to protect your password security.
2, registration class site
Some large sites, registered members or landing, will be specifically through the SSL channel, to protect your password security, such as:
https://www.name.com/account/login.php
Https://idp.godaddy.com/login.aspx
Third, Startssl SSL request detailed steps
1, the first to register the user on the STARTSSL, registration interface as follows, registration needs to wait for approval.
2. If approved, you will be registered in the mailbox when you receive a content similar to the following mail, you press the link past, as prompted step-by-step can be installed in your browser a certificate, the certificate used to do STARTSSL certification, STARTSSL only to provide certification, So if you lose your certificate, you can only re-register the user.
3, when the certification passed, you can see the following interface, we first do Validation wizard, where we need to have their own domain name, and domain name registration when the mailbox, this step is to verify whether you are the owner of the domain name, the corresponding steps are as follows.
4, the following do the HTTPS Certificate Request Wizard, the corresponding steps are as follows. Remember to press the prompts to save the private key file, or to the back of the certificate file, the private key file is lost, you can not be authenticated.
5, the following wait a few hours, to the mailbox to see just the application of the domain name HTTPS certificate has been successful, if you get, you go to download the certificate file is the corresponding steps below.
Finally, Startssl SSL certificate even if the application is good, the next one to explain how to configure the Nginx environment under the SSL certificate, please look forward to.
The content source of this page is from Internet, which doesn't represent Alibaba Cloud's opinion;
products and services mentioned on that page don't have any relationship with Alibaba Cloud. If the
content of the page makes you feel confusing, please write us an email, we will handle the problem
within 5 days after receiving your email.
If you find any instances of plagiarism from the community, please send an email to:
info-contact@alibabacloud.com
and provide relevant evidence. A staff member will contact you within 5 working days.