About SSL certification

If your site stores sensitive data, such as customer profiles, we recommend that you secure your site. To secure a site, you need a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate.

SSL is a protocol that transmits private documents through the Internet. It creates a secure connection between a client and a server over which any amount of 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®.

Securing your site is a four-step process.

- Step 1: Generating an SSL certificate request

- Step 2: Sending the request to a Certificate Authority (CA)

- Step 3: Loading the SSL certificate onto your domain

- Step 4: Restarting the Web server