Website security and SSL
Certificates, browser warnings and the difference between a site that is encrypted and a site that is trusted. These guides cover what happens to a site without a certificate, when the free certificate included with your hosting is enough, and the situations that need organisation validation or a wildcard. Every Australian plan here includes a certificate, so the question is usually which one rather than whether to have one.
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Do You Need an SSL Certificate? What Actually Happens Without One
What happens to a site without SSL: the browser warning, abandoned forms, and the payment consequences. Plus when a free certificate is enough.