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If you want to use https you'll need an SSL certificate. Without it your visitors will get a warning from their web browser. It is common for SSL encryption (machines between the visitors machine and the server cannot see what is being sent on the connection) to work once they accept the certificate, but there is no protection again man-in-the-middle attacks (a machine in the middle pretenting to be your server). Probably not a significant worry for the majority of users, but seeing the warning message may put them off using https.

05-15-2008, 02:14 AM	· #7
qbert220 NamePros Member Location: UK Trader Rating: (23) Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 119 NP$: 205.00 (Donate)	If you want to use https you'll need an SSL certificate. Without it your visitors will get a warning from their web browser. It is common for SSL encryption (machines between the visitors machine and the server cannot see what is being sent on the connection) to work once they accept the certificate, but there is no protection again man-in-the-middle attacks (a machine in the middle pretenting to be your server). Probably not a significant worry for the majority of users, but seeing the warning message may put them off using https. Please register or log-in into NamePros to hide ads