SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This secure link ensures that all data transferred remains private. It’s also called TLS (Transport Layer Security). Millions of websites use SSL encryption everyday to secure connections and keep their customer’s data safe from monitoring and tampering.
Why Use SSL?
Every website on the Internet should be served over HTTPS. Here’s why:
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Performance: Modern SSL can actually improve page load times.
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Search Ranking Boost: Search engines favor HTTPS websites.
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Security: Encrypting traffic with SSL ensures nobody can snoop on your users’ data.
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Trust: By displaying a green lock in the browser’s address bar, SSL increases visitors’ trust.
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Regulatory Compliance: SSL is a key component in PCI compliance.
SSL Performance
HTTPS isn’t what it used to be. It’s faster, more secure, and used by more websites than ever before. SSL enables HTTP/2, which has the potential to make websites up to two times faster with no changes to existing codebases. Modern TLS also includes performance-oriented features like session resumption, OCSP stapling, and elliptic curve cryptography that uses smaller keys (resulting in a faster handshake). TLS 1.3 reduces latency even further and removes insecure features of TLS making HTTPS more secure and performant than any previous version of TLS and its non-secure counterpart, HTTP.
Manually configuring SSL requires several steps, and a misconfiguration can prevent users from getting to your website. LiveTechON allows any Internet property to become HTTPS-enabled with the click of a button. You’ll never need to worry about SSL certificates expiring or staying up to date with the latest SSL vulnerabilities when you’re using LiveTechON SSL.