Tag: certificate
What is an SSL Certificate?
SSL is used for a variety of purposes. For this article we will be discussing SSL as it used in a web site certificate to secure browsing by a remote client. A SSL certificate is an electronic “document” that is used to bind together a public security key and a web site’s identity information (such…
How to Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate on CentOS
An SSL certificate is an electronic ‘document’ that is used to bind together a public security key and a website’s identity information (such as name, location, etc.) by means of a digital signature. The ‘document’ is issued by a certificate provider such as GlobalSign, Verisign, GoDaddy, Comodo, Thawte, and others. For more information, visit the…
Transfer an SSL to Ubuntu 16.04 or CentOS 7
SSL certificates have become a de facto part of every website. If you don’t yet have an SSL on your site to encrypt data, you should. Rather than showing an extra layer of security on sites protected by SSL, modern browsers instead now display a warning when a website does not have an SSL, essentially…
How to Create a Self-signed SSL Certificate on Ubuntu
An SSL certificate is an electronic ‘document’ that is used to bind together a public security key and a website’s identity information (such as name, location, etc.) by means of a digital signature. The ‘document’ is issued by a certificate provider such as GlobalSign, Verisign, GoDaddy, Comodo, Thawte, and others. For more information, visit the…
How to Set Up Multiple SSLs on One IP With Nginx
With the shortage of available address space in IPv4, IPs are becoming increasingly difficult to come by, and in some cases, increasingly expensive. However, in most instances, this is not a drawback. Servers are perfectly capable of hosting multiple websites on one IP address, as they have for years. But, there was a time when…
SSL Checker Tool
The security of your website is vital to the success of your Internet business. One way you can protect your data (and your customers) is through the use of encrypted communication protocols. Secure Socket Layer (or SSL) was the original method of providing for basic encryption between servers and clients. The industry mostly uses Transport…
How To Setup Let’s Encrypt on CentOS 7
Securing Your Site In this tutorial, we will be outlining a handy way of getting HTTPS enabled on all of your domains by using SSL’s to provide the first step in that process. Domains secured with SSL’s are needed more often every day. If you don’t yet have an SSL on your site to encrypt…