What is a Secure SSL Certificate
A Secure SSL Certificate (aka “Web Server Certificate”) is a digital
A certificate serves as an electronic“passport“ that establishes an online entity’s credentials when doing business on the Web. When an Internet user attempts to send confidential information to a Web server, the user’s browser will access the server’s digital certificate and establish a secure connection. A Web Server SSL Certificate contains the following information: The certificate holder’s name, The certificate’s serial number and expiration date, Copy of the certificate holder’s public key, The digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority. In order to obtain an SSL certificate, you must generate and submit a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to a trusted Certification Authority, such as WMGSystems,LLC, which will authenticate the requestor’s identity, existence and domain registration ownership before issuing a certificate. Public and Private Keys When you create a CSR, the Web server software with which the request is being generated, creates two unique cryptographic keys: A public key, which is used to encrypt messages to your (i.e., the certificate holder’s) server and is contained in your certificate, and a private key, which is stored on your local computer and “decrypts“ the secure messages so they can be read by your server. In order to establish an encrypted link between your Web site and your customer’s Web browser your Web server will match your issued SSL certificate to your private key. Because only the Web server has access to its private key, only the server can decrypt SSL-encrypted data. |