I have recently migrated my website from http to https( secure http). All the non-secure HTTP requests are now redirected to HTTPS. On migrating the Site I faced many problems and learnt a lot. So here’s the list of steps to perform in making the web more secure : Selecting SSL Provider : The first step is deciding your SSL provider. Many SSL Providers are present in the market like Comodo, Symentac, Verizon, Namecheap etc. …

  Getting the Certificates : Go to SSLforFree. Enter your website link to create SSL certificate. Verify your ownership of website. Download Certificates.zip. Upload ZIP to your hosting instance. Configuring SSL : Extract ZIP. Move certificate.crt file to /etc/pki/tls/certs/ Move private.key to /etc/pki/tls/private/ Now change configuration in ssl.conf $ sudo /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf Find These lines and change accordingly : SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/certificate.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/private.key SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/pki/tls/ca-crt.pem Now Restart apache server and try opening your website with https enabled. …

In today’s world everyone uses Internet. Everyone wants to be Secure. But only a few understand the importance of having a Secure version of your website. Adding SSL encryption is one of the ways to protect your website from serious Threats. So the question is “What is SSL? Why do you need SSL? What are the benefits of having an SSL certificate?” I am going to explain why you need an SSL certificate and its advantages. …