Shared SSL Space (optional extra)

SSL (Secured Sockets Layer) is a protocol which encrypts data between the web browser and server. This is especially important for sites such as online shops where customers are asked to enter their credit card details. Typically a normal website sends all these details in "clear text" (no encryption) and it is possible for a third party to "sniff" these details during transmission. SSL resolves this problem by encrypting the information with a key which only the web server can decrypt. There are various strengths of keys available. Our SSL servers use 128 bit encryption from Thawte.

Secured URLs can be determined by a padlock () in the bottom panel of the web browser. Here, visitors can click this to view information about the URL they are viewing. 

For the sake of efficiency and speed, only put pages which will be used to collect sensitive information onto the SSL server (such as HTML forms). There is a 10MB quota set per SSL folder.

Our SSL service is based on shared servers meaning that the URL used to access your secured area will be in the format of: 

https://vault1.secured-url.com/yourfoldername/

More details can be found in our knowledge base.