What SSL is (and when you should use it) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a technology that creates a secure connection between a Web site and a browser. Websites that use SSL have "certificates" that tell you that your private information is secure every time it is transmitted. For your own website, using SSL is a must. The benefits are as follows: What HTTPS is (and how it works with SSL) When setting up an SSL certificate for your website, you also need to configure it to use Secure Hypertext Transfer...