The term SSL has kept on being used in the information security sphere. SSL stands for secure socket layer.
However, technlology has since shifted to TLS, which stands for Transport Layer Security. Therefore refering to web security certificates as SSL certificates is not ideal, though this has stuck with the community until now.
Security certificates prevent data from being transmitted over the internet in plain text. The HTTP protocol does exactly that. Anyone who may be analyzing packets over the wire could easily determine what is being transmitted over the network. This is where security certificates come in. Any web endpoint that has a security certificate will have https in the URL. This in basic terms stands for secure HTTP. There are several ways to acquire security certificates which includes but not limited to ordering one at https://pddata.co.ke.
To test validity, level of security provided by a certificate,
- Head over to https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
- enter the URL of the site you want to test
3. Wait as it scans. The progress will be shown as a %
4. When scan is complete, it will show you the rating as well as other technical details. The rating shows you the strength of your certificate. The better the rating (A) the better your certificate is.
