{"id":350,"date":"2021-12-22T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T07:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamzakarim.com\/blog\/?p=350"},"modified":"2024-10-16T07:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T07:56:48","slug":"what-is-an-ssl-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakchamp.com\/blog\/what-is-an-ssl-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an SSL certificate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An SSL certificate is a digital certificate. \u00a0It will authenticate a website&#8217;s identity for the website\u2019s security purposes. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. \u00a0A security protocol that is based on an encrypted link between a web server and a web browser to protect your website&#8217;s confidential data secure. An SSL certificate is used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins, and secure browsing of social media sites. Companies and organizations need to add SSL certificates to their websites to keep their customer information secure.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>SSL certificate keep your internet connections secure and prevent criminals from reading or modifying your data files or information. When you see a padlock icon next to the URL in the address bar, that means, you are vesting an SSL-protected website. SSL Certificates bind together:<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>A domain name, server name or site hostname<\/li>\r\n<li>An organizational identity (company name) and location<\/li>\r\n<li>An organization needs to install the SSL Certificate onto its web server to secure session with browsers. Once a secure connection is established, all web traffic between the web server and the web browser will be safe and secure.<\/li>\r\n<li>When a certificate is successfully installed on your server, the application protocol HTTP will change to HTTP<strong>S<\/strong>, where the \u2018S\u2019 stands for \u2018secure\u2019.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/pakchamp.com\/blog\/what-is-an-ssl-certificate\/#_Types_of_SSL_Certificate\" >\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Types of SSL Certificate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/pakchamp.com\/blog\/what-is-an-ssl-certificate\/#How_Does_An_SSL_Certificate_Work\" >How Does An SSL Certificate Work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/pakchamp.com\/blog\/what-is-an-ssl-certificate\/#Why_Do_I_Need_an_SSL_Certificate\" >Why Do I Need an SSL Certificate?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/pakchamp.com\/blog\/what-is-an-ssl-certificate\/#Where_Do_I_Buy_an_SSL_Certificate\" >Where Do I Buy an SSL Certificate?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_Types_of_SSL_Certificate\"><\/span><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Types of SSL Certificate<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>There are different types of SSL certificates with different validation levels. \u00a0six main types are:<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Extended Validation certificates (EV SSL)<\/li>\r\n<li>Organization Validated certificates (OV SSL)<\/li>\r\n<li>Domain Validated certificates (DV SSL)<\/li>\r\n<li>Wildcard SSL certificates<\/li>\r\n<li>Multi-Domain SSL certificates (MDC)<\/li>\r\n<li>Unified Communications Certificates (UCC)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_An_SSL_Certificate_Work\"><\/span><strong>How Does An SSL Certificate Work?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>This particular kind of cryptography harnesses the power of two keys that\u2019s based on long strings of randomly generated numbers. \u00a0These keys are called;<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Private key<\/li>\r\n<li>Public key<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>\u00a0A public key is on your server available in the public domain. It can be used to encrypt any message. If Ahmed is sending a message to Ali, he will lock it with Ali\u2019s public key. Ali is the only one who has his private key and can be unlock Ahmed\u2019s message. If a hacker intercepts the message before Ali unlocks it, all they will get is a cryptographic code that they cannot break, even with the high-end power of a computer.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Do_I_Need_an_SSL_Certificate\"><\/span><strong>Why Do I Need an SSL Certificate?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>SSL Certificates protect your sensitive data or site information and record such as;<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>credit card information<\/li>\r\n<li>usernames<\/li>\r\n<li>passwords<\/li>\r\n<li>Keep data secure between servers<\/li>\r\n<li>Increase your Google Rankings<\/li>\r\n<li>Build customer trust<\/li>\r\n<li>Improve conversion rates<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_Do_I_Buy_an_SSL_Certificate\"><\/span><strong>Where Do I Buy an SSL Certificate?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>\u00a0If you want to ge<strong>t <\/strong>SSL Certificates, always prefer to get issued from a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). The Root Certificate must be present on the end user&#8217;s machine in order to build trust. If it is not trusted the browser will present untrusted error messages to the end-user.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Web hosting companies like Pakchamp Soft are known to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/pakchamp.com\/free-ssl-certificate\"><strong>SSL certificate Pakistan<\/strong><\/a>, pk\u00a0domain registration and\u00a0web hosting plan<strong>s<\/strong> in Lahore Pakistan. \u00a0You can buy SSL Certificate from Pakchamp Soft for just <strong>1500 PKR\/Year<\/strong>. In our Comodo positive SSL you will get;<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>With Comodo SSL Pro<\/li>\r\n<li>Offers a high assurance<\/li>\r\n<li>A certificate with added features<\/li>\r\n<li>For comprehensive website<\/li>\r\n<li>Security<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Pakchamp web hosting company server in hosting ring since 2016. you can buy an SSL Certificate from our hosting company to protect your website sensitive data from hacker\u2019s attacks.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An SSL certificate is a digital certificate. \u00a0It will authenticate a website&#8217;s identity for the website\u2019s security purposes. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. \u00a0A security protocol that is based on an encrypted link between a web server and a web browser to protect your website&#8217;s confidential data secure. 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