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Now is an era of information explosion, the development of the Internet has become very rapid, many companies will set up some websites to conduct online transactions. However, because of the complexity of the network environment, online transactions always face security risks such as password theft, information disclosure and so on. So you need a https certificate at this time. Many friends may not escape to understand the concept of https, but also do not know the role of certificates, then next, the editor will introduce it in detail.

What is a https certificate?

What is a https certificate? Https translates to Hypertext Security Protocol, which is simply the secure version of the http channel. The security foundation of https is ssl, so the details of encryption require ssl (what is SSL). This system mainly provides the method of website authentication and encrypted communication information transmission, and is now a universal security certificate. The original idea of the https concept is to create a secure channel on an insecure network to solve the risk of information leakage, or hacker attack, competitor intrusion and so on.

There are two main functions of Https certificate, one is to establish an information security channel to ensure the security of data transmission; to prevent data leakage, users can be more at ease to surf the Internet. The other is to confirm the authenticity of the website. There will always be some lawbreakers copying a large website and then deceiving consumers into entering information on it to get important information such as their payment passwords. That is, the so-called fish website, these sites do not have a certificate. After the certificate is installed on the website, the phishing website can be effectively identified.

The security certificate function of the website is very powerful, and different types of certificates can also achieve different functions, which can better protect the security of the website. The above is the content of the https certificate sorted out by the editor.

SSL certificate securely encrypts the website, which can effectively prevent hijacking, prevent your website from being maliciously implanted with advertisements, prevent tampering and monitoring from leaking users' passwords, and optimize the SEO ranking of search engines with SSL certificates.

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