About SSL certification

If you store sensitive data, such as customer profiles, on your site, you can secure your site by obtaining a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate.

• Note: SSL certificates are available to IP-based domains only; you cannot obtain an SSL certificate for name-based domain.

SSL is a protocol that transmits private documents through the Internet. It creates a secure connection between a client and a server over which data can be sent securely. SSL works by using a private key to encrypt data transferred over the SSL connection. 

SSL certificates are available from a Certificate Authority (CA), such as VeriSign®.

To secure your domain:

1. Generate an SSL certificate request

2. Request a certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA)

3. Load the SSL certificate onto your domain

4. Restart the Web server