79 results for «SSL» (page 1 of 8)
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How to activate and install a paid SSL certificate
Every domain here already gets a free certificate automatically - see what an SSL certificate is. This page is only for a paid certificate you bought (RapidSSL, GeoTrust and similar),…
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What is an SSL certificate and why does it matter?
An SSL certificate encrypts the connection between a visitor's browser and your site, so passwords, card numbers and any other data typed on your pages can't be read by anyone…
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Why does my SSL certificate show fewer than 365 days?
If you're on the free SSL every account gets by default, this doesn't apply to you - skip to the note below. This is only relevant if you purchased a…
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ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED and ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH: when the error is not the server’s
Neither of these is an HTTP code. They are messages from the browser itself, and that changes everything: a 500 was produced by a server that answered; these were produced…
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Moving your site to https with Really Simple SSL
Read this before installing anything: the certificate is already ours and already there. Domains hosted with us get a certificate issued and renewed automatically, with no request, no cost and…
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Switching on SSL at Cloudflare without breaking the site
This is the single most important setting Cloudflare has, and the easiest one to get wrong. The wrong value does not produce a warning: it produces a site that loads…
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I bought an SSL certificate and it has not activated: domain validation
You bought an SSL certificate, you paid, and the padlock still has not appeared. It is the most frequent question we get about certificates - and nearly always only one…
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The free SSL certificate did not renew: why AutoSSL fails and what to check
The short answer: the free certificate that comes with the account (AutoSSL, from Let’s Encrypt) is issued and renewed by itself, but only if the server can prove the domain…
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cURL error 60 in PHP: SSL certificate problem, and why not to switch verification off
“cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem” means PHP connected to a service over HTTPS and did not trust the certificate that service presented. PHP is doing what it should: refusing…
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SMTP ports 465, 587 and 25: SSL, STARTTLS and which one to use
To send e-mail from Outlook, your phone or a program of your own, use port 465 with SSL/TLS, which is the one our guides give. Port 587 with STARTTLS is…





