What Is Ssl Certificate in Linux?
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer security (TLS ) are protocols that provide secure communications over a computer network or link. They are commonly used in web browsing and email.

What is the use of SSL certificate?

An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates a website’s identity and enables an encrypted connection. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, a security protocol that creates an encrypted link between a web server and a web browser.

How set SSL certificate in Linux?

Steps to install SSL Certificate on Linux Apache Web Server.
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Look for the following directories and files on your server:

  1. etc/httpd/conf/httpd. conf.
  2. etc/apache2/apache2. conf.
  3. httpd-ssl. conf.
  4. ssl. conf.
Alexander Ross

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