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What is SSL
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Thursday April 1, 2010
Tutorials
Thursday April 1, 2010
When you're shopping on the Internet, most sites will proudly proclaim that they are using
SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
but what's that? It's a way of encrypting your transaction so information transmitted between you and the merchant is secure, as Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan explains.Download this episode now
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- "SSL" stands for Secure Sockets Layer.
- SSL is used to encrypt and secure transactions between a client and a server.
- SSL is rather complex so our tutorial covers the basic premise.
- When you go to purchase something from a retailer, your computer exchanges "keys" with the retailer.
- Your key and their key are encrypted as part of your transaction so the transaction is secure.
- This encryption creates a layer of security that your transaction passes through.
- SSL is extremely secure and commonly found on sites that handle business transations.
- SSL is used to encrypt and secure transactions between a client and a server.
- SSL is rather complex so our tutorial covers the basic premise.
- When you go to purchase something from a retailer, your computer exchanges "keys" with the retailer.
- Your key and their key are encrypted as part of your transaction so the transaction is secure.
- This encryption creates a layer of security that your transaction passes through.
- SSL is extremely secure and commonly found on sites that handle business transations.
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certificates
,encryptions
,glossary
,Internet
,online
,secure socket layer
,Shopping
,SSL
,transactions
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