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SSL Information Center
Where should SSL be used?No matter what information is being submitted (i.e. via a form on your website to your server) you should be using SSL. SSL is not just for securing credit card transactions. All levels of personal information are sensitive and should be secured, from newsletter signups to account logins, SSL should be the minimum security standard when collecting and submitting data.
- To secure online credit card transactions.
- To secure online system logins, sensitive information transmitted via web forms, or protected areas of websites.
- To secure webmail and applications like Outlook Web Access, Exchange and Office Communications Server.
- To secure workflow and virtualization applications like Citrix Delivery Platforms or cloud based computing platforms.
- To secure the connection between an email client such as Microsoft Outlook and an email server such as Microsoft Exchange.
- To secure the transfer of files over https and FTP(s) services such as website owners updating new pages to their websites or transferring large files.
- To secure hosting control panels logins and activity like Parallels, cPanel, and others.
- To secure intranet based traffic such as internal networks, file sharing, extranets, and database connections.
- To secure network logins and other network traffic with SSL VPNs such as VPN Access Servers or applications like the Citrix Access Gateway.
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