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Secure - all data transfers such as credit card numbers are encrypted
Socket - a method of communicating between 2 computers on a network.
Layer - a designated program layer to communicate upon. In this case the https protocol.
* SSL is also referred to as secure shopping.
SSL is a layer upon which secure Internet transactions are performed.
Data exchanged on this layer is encrypted so it's transmission between
the client and the server cannot be read. This is a standard
of all Internet sites that process credit cards and other types of highly
sensitive information. The encryption hampers a
hacker's attempt to intercept your transaction and steal the card number.
If you want to accept credit cards and other forms of secure data online then you will
want to buy a SSL certificate from an SSL certificate provider. Ethically speaking,
you need one. You do not want to accept credit cards online without encryption.
SSL does not encrypt data after it reaches the server.
It only protects the transmission between the client and the server.
Data that is sent to a database via an SSL transfer will not
remain encrypted in the database. 3rd party software/components
will be needed if this level of security is desired.
Once you have purchased an SSL certificate and installed it on your
Web server then you can make any page secure by calling that
page under "https" as opposed to normal "http". For example, if you want to collect a
users credit card information you would send them to a page
with the following URL:
https://www.enginesforwebsites.com/pay.aspx
Several companies offer SSL certificates. At the present moment in time we are using
GOdaddy.com
SSL certificates for most of our clients.
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