Importance of SSL certificates and basic requirements to fulfill before applying for one

Identity theft is no doubt a serious problem today. No thanks to the carelessness of web users who fill online forms without verifying whether the page is secure or not and I-don’t-care attitude of web designers who do not install Secured Socket Layer (SSL) certificates. The result is that user information such as name, address, password, phone number, security question and answer, etc. are submitted in plain text to the server where the website is hosted. The problem is that between the user’s browser and the server, information can be intercepted by any evil minded person. Have you ever imagined what will happen if someone uses your details to open a bank account and an email address then engages in “yahoo-yahoo?” When the bubble bursts, who will be arrested?

Two thriving online businesses in Nigeria today are bulk sms and web hosting. Both require the entrepreneur to have a website in which potential clients register by providing their details. But more often than not, the registration page, the login page and the entire client area are insecure. Don’t be surprised if you log into your bulk sms account tomorrow and discover that someone has used up your sms balance.

Now, how do you determine that a webpage is secure?

Easy. A padlock icon will be displayed on the address bar of your browser when you visit that page. It will either be grey in colour or green. I will explain the difference in part 2 of this series. Also, the url of the page will start with “https://” rather than “http://”. Henceforth, if you don’t see these two things on a registration or login page, get out of that website sharp-sharp. Your details are not safe.

I own a bulk sms or webhosting website, how do I make it secure?

Good question. Buy and install SSL certificate on the server where your website is hosted. What it does is that it encrypts any information a user submits. So, even if the information is intercepted between the user’s browser and your server, it cannot be deciphered. Hence, you make more profit on the long run because people are confident doing business with you simply because they are sure that their information is safe and will not be eavesdropped.

I am interested in getting an SSL certificate. What are the basic requirements?

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SSL Cert. prevents sensitive data hijacking through 'middle man attack'. However the high cost and cumbersome deployment has hindered its wide adoption.
It requires a dedicated ip (not included with shared hosting), installed on one domain. with special config.
Lately thought, there is a new Multiple domain SSL i.e a Single SSL securing multiple domains.

Gmmail: SSL Cert. prevents sensitive data hijacking through 'middle man attack'. However the high cost and cumbersome deployment has hindered its wide adoption.
It requires a dedicated ip (not included with shared hosting), installed on one domain. with special config.
Lately thought, there is a new Multiple domain SSL i.e a Single SSL securing multiple domains.

That's why I advice guys to learn to deploy and maintain vps servers. You can get one 1gb ram openvz for 30$/yr. it might be hard in the beginning but soon you'll get used to it. A basic vps setup consist of , dns, mail and web servers . And you can run 2 high traffic sites on 1 gb ram vps running nginx.

For the ssl, guys should check out namecheap , their positive ssl offer has been on for ever and start ssl is offering class2 ssl certs.