{"id":3745,"date":"2016-12-12T13:48:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T18:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.funio.com\/en\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2016-12-12T13:48:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T18:48:59","slug":"you-need-ssl-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funio.com\/en\/2016\/12\/you-need-ssl-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you need a SSL certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to get the small green lock next to your website\u2019s URL? With a SSL certificate! It is an indicator that the connection to your website is secure. In other words, it shows your valued visitors that your website is safe and legitimate.<br \/>\nWith a SSL certificate, you demonstrate to your customers that they can trust you and that every byte of information they will send through your website is encrypted.<\/p>\n<p>What certificate should you choose? You have the choice between four options: <strong>Let\u2019s Encrypt<\/strong>, <strong>SimpleSSL<\/strong>, <strong>Wildcard SSL<\/strong> and <strong>EV SSL<\/strong>. Which one is the best for you?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Let\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Encrypt<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/letsencrypt.org\/\">Let\u2019s Encrypt<\/a> was launched by the Internet Security Research Group and aims to make the internet a safer place with free SSL certificates. It is free, automated, safe, transparent, open and cooperative. And it is available with all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/funio.com\/en\/web-hosting\/shared\">Funio plans<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><strong>SimpleSSL<\/strong>: this is the solution to secure one <a href=\"https:\/\/funio.com\/en\/domains\">domain name <\/a>(as well as the www subdomain).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildcard SSL: <\/strong>if you need to secure all of your subdomains as well (such as blog.mydomain.com for instance), then a Wildcard SSL is what you need!<\/li>\n<li><strong>EV SSL: <\/strong>with this SSL certificate, in addition to the lock, you will have the green bar with the name of the company. 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