Using SSL (Secure Socket Layer):

SSL Provides a Secure Connection:

A secure connection means two things: encryption and authentication. Encryption ensures that no one can snoop the connection between the browser and your server; authentication ensures the client, through a certificate, that the server is who they say they are. The security is assured on two levels.

At the network level, the first time the browser connects to a server, the browser stores the server's certificate. This is the encryption part of the secure connection. Each time the browser "thinks" that it is communicating with this same server, it verifies that this same certificate is used to assure the secure connection.

At a higher level, a server's certificate is "signed" by a trusted external authority that the browser knows about, such as VeriSign or Thawte. This is the authentication part of the secure connection. The server information (country, state, city, organization) is encoded into the certificate and certificate request. The external authority signs your request and guarantees that your server information is legitimate.

For example, if a Website sends a signed certificate saying that it comes from secure-web-billing.com in California, the end user can trust (due to the signed certificate from the external authority) that this Website is indeed run by this company located in this city.


You have two options for using SSL:


Install your own certificate:

You can purchase a certificate from Verisign or from Thawte. We will setup your SSL certificate to work for you for a one time setup fee of $125.00US.  We will need to generate a certificate signing request and email it to you. We will also generate a private key for you. If you would like for us to install your own certificate, please send your request to support.


Use our server-wide certificates:

SSL is included with your hosting plan, you can utilize our server-wide certificate.

To utilize a server-wide certificate, just goto your contorl-panel under the "WWW Server Features" heading, there is a link to "Secure Server" click on this link, and you will be told exactly what links to use for the secure server. 

All secure server requests use a similar address as follows:
https://web3.secure-web-billing.com/~yourusername
https://web5.secure-web-billing.com/~yourusername
https://web6.secure-web-billing.com/~yourusername
https://web7.secure-web-billing.com/~yourusername
https://web8.secure-web-billing.com/~yourusername
https://web9.secure-web-billing.com/~yourusername
https://web10.secure-web-billing.com/~yourusername
https://web11.secure-web-billing.com/~yourusername
https://web12.secure-web-billing.com/~yourusername

please get the correct link from your contorl panel.


Using FormMail.pl through secure server:

If you are calling the FormMail script through the secure server, your action line and other code will look like the following:

<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=
    "https://secureservername/~yourusername/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl">
<input type=hidden name="recipient" 
value="emailaccount@yourdomain.com">
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Order">
<input type=hidden name="return_link_URL" value=
    "https://secureservername/~yourusername/yourpage.html">
<input type=hidden name="return_link_title" value=
    "https://secureservername/~yourusername/yourpage.html">