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We offer unlimited SSL for free to encrypt and protect your website’s data.

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The Difference Between Paid and Free SSL Certificates

At Hostinger, our free SSL is as secure as the paid ones. We use a domain-validated certificate compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), so it’s a standard SSL that is excellent for protecting all types of websites.
 
Regarding security levels, there’s no difference between free and paid SSL certificates. Both provide strong encryption for securely connecting your site and its visitors.
They also display essential indicators to show that the website is risk-free – the HTTPS prefix and padlock icon on the address bar of major browsers.
 
We also renew all certificates automatically and free of charge, providing more convenience for our users.

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Establishing a connection

Websites will get a public and private key after successfully acquiring or purchasing SSL certificates. When users access the website, their browser will request the public key to verify its identity.

Data encryption

If it’s successfully verified, the browser will generate two symmetric keys and send one of them, encrypted by the public key, to the web server. Once the server receives it, it will use its private key to decrypt it. The browser and server can now form an encrypted connection to safely transfer information.

Visual indicators

A website with a successful SSL installation will have multiple indicators on the address bar – a padlock icon and an HTTPS prefix on the website’s URL. Depending on the type of certificate, site owners can also display a site seal to increase trustworthiness.

Increase your ranking on Google

 

SSL provides an additional layer of security and adds the HTTPS prefix to the site’s URL, which the search engine considers vital parts of a good page experience. That’s why Google is most likely to place SSL-certified websites higher on search results, increasing their visibility and organic traffic.

Free SSL Certificate FAQs

Find answers to frequently asked questions about SSL/TLS.

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a security protocol that encrypts communication between a website and a web browser. It prevents unauthorized parties from accessing or seeing data exchanged between a site and its visitors.

SSL certificates are issued by a certificate authority (CA) to a website to authenticate its identity, letting browsers know that the website is secure.

SSL benefits include better security, enhanced brand trust, and higher positions in search engines. That’s because SSL certificates signal good website security measures that users and search engines expect

To see if a website has an SSL certificate, check if the browser displays a padlock icon next to the URL and if there’s https:// before the domain name.

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