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| Introduction
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SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption
provides a level of security and privacy for those wishing to conduct secure transactions over the Internet. Introduced by
Netscape Communications, the SSL protocol protects HTTP transmissions over the Internet by
adding a layer of encryption. This insures that your transactions are not subject to sniffing by a third party. For companies
wishing to conduct E-Commerce, such as receiving credit card numbers or other sensitive information, SSL is a must. Your VPS v2 was
configured with SSL support built in. In addition to the Web, SSL can also be used for other internet protocols.
SSL is normally used in tandem with a Digital Certificate. A Digital
Certificate gives your customers the assurance that your web site is legitimately yours and not that of an impostor. It contains
information about who owns the certificate (company name, domain name, contact address, etc) as well as information about the
issuing Certificate Authority. It also provides you with a legal basis to perform transactions on the Internet. By default, you were
assigned a cname that allows you to use our securesites.com certificate.
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| Using SSL
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You can access all of the web content on your Virtual Private Server (documents, images, scripts, etc) via SSL by using the
https:// prefix rather than the http:// prefix. For example, your secure web site can be accessed like this:
https://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/
You can send the data collected by a form on your web site to a CGI script via SSL by including something like this in form page
HTML:
<form method="POST" action="https://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/cgi-bin/script.cgi">
Be sure that you do not reference embedded document content (images, etc) insecurely by using the http:// prefix,
like this:
<img src="http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/image.gif">
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| More Information
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For technical documentation of SSL, see:
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