In case you offer services and products on your site and you would like the payment data that people upload to be protected, you'll need an SSL certificate. Secure Sockets Layer is a protocol that encrypts the data exchanged between a user and a server, but in order to obtain an SSL, you need a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). This is Base64 encoded data that the SSL service provider will use to create the certificate. The CSR consists of your web address, Business name and Unit, mailing address and e-mail of the organization which will use the certificate. The Certificate Authority evaluates and authorizes the CSR before it issues an SSL certificate that is signed electronically using its private key as an authority. To set up an SSL, you'll need an overall of 4 batches of code - the CSR, a Private Key that is made once you generate the Request, the actual certificate plus a specific Certificate Authority code, that is unique for each vendor.
SSL Certificate Generator in Hosting
If you host a website in a hosting account obtained through our company and its users send sensitive data, you'll be able to obtain an SSL certificate for it directly through your hosting Control Panel and with only a few clicks. We have an easy-to-use order wizard, therefore you just need to select the domain/subdomain and enter the mandatory info for your Certificate Signing Request. You will receive an email to approve your order and shortly after the SSL is issued, it'll be installed automatically by our system, so you won't need to deal with any codes or settings. If you intend to use the services of another Certificate Authority, you can only generate a CSR from your Control Panel then copy the code that you have to submit for the SSL. You shall find the private key generated together with the CSR in the very same section.
SSL Certificate Generator in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia website hosting Control Panel that comes with our semi-dedicated server accounts has a built-in SSL certificate request generator, so in case you host a site that you want to secure, you are able to order a new SSL with a couple of clicks. You will only have to type in the information for the certificate when it's different from the one you already have in the account and our system will create the Certificate Signing Request along with the private key related to it. If you decide to buy the SSL from our company, you only have to choose the auto-configuration option during the order and our system will do the needed, so you won't need to install the certificate manually. Should you plan to acquire the SSL from some other company, you only need to save the CSR code. Then you'll need to set up your certificate, but if you have never done this before or you have any troubles, you can get in touch with us and we'll install the SSL in a few minutes.