How Certificates Work On The Web

Certificate Encryption

In order for a web request to establish an encrypted network connection using secure socket layer (SSL) / transport layer security (TLS) protocol, you must use an SSL/TLS certificate. SSL/TLS is a protocol that operates directly on top of the TCP protocol. The reason for this is that higher layers, such as http can be left unchanged whilst still providing a secure connection. If you look underneath the SSL layer, http is identical…