E-COMMERCE SECURITY

SSL

Why Is Security Important

● Security is important on E-Commerce because it makes sure that your information gets from your computer to their server securely.

● It stops hackers from getting your information.

What Is SSL● SSL is a popular and very effective encryption method that stands for

Secure Socket Layer.

How Does SSL Work?

The client with it’s hello tells the server what the client’s version number for SSL and what it is capable of.

The server tells the client what version of SSL it is using and sends a certificate to prove it is the real server, and what kind of encryption is best between the client and the server.

The client sends a encryption key so that the server can encrypt the data sent and decrypt the data that it receives.

The server and the client then start encrypting and decrypting data passed back and forth, making it a secure session and protected from hackers.

Why Is SSL Important?A secure SSL connection is important because

it protects you from hackers intercepting and stealing your important data like credit cards.

Without SSL it makes it easy for attacks like man in the middle attacks, where they hijack your connection and make it look like the original server

But with SSL, if an attacker tried to hijack the connection to steal data, all the attacker would get is random letters,symbols and numbers. Also the browser will give warnings about and invalid certificate.