| Protocols
Information
and communication on the Internet travel thru specific
protocols, called ports. Here are some examples:
 Port 80 is used when you view a web site (http
protocol)Port 25 is used to send e-mail (smtp protocol)
Port 21 is used to upload files to your web
site (ftp protocol)
Port 443 is used for sending secured web pages
encrypted using the SSL (secured socket layer) protocol
How
do we access these protocols?
Normally,
we are not aware that we are using a specific port
number. But we indicate the protocol by the URL
we enter:
http://www.mysite.com indicates to use the http
protocol (port 80)
ftp://ftp.mysite.com indicates to use the ftp
protocol (port 21)
https://www.mysite.com indicates to use the
SSL protocol (port 443)
What
does using SSL do for me?
Operating
a secure server (SSL) allows you to conduct e-commerce
or other sensitive exchanges of data with your visitors
in a way that will hopefuly make them feel more
comfortable doing business with you.
SSL
provides two basic ingredients of security:
Safe Passage of Information: Your data cannot
(we hope) be decoded by any party that might intercept
the communications.
Server Authentication: If your server is granted
a certificate by a CA (Certificate Authority),
your customer's can protect themselves from being
directed to another server that is pretending
to be yours by checking the contents of the certificate.
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