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SSL/TLS-Secure Connection

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Whenever we browse the internet, we see some site URLs, there is a padlock present and in some, it is absent. The presence of this padlock symbolizes secure communication between the user and the server. This padlock consists of a secure communication certificate and that certificate communication is called SSL Certificate communication i.e., Secure Socket Layer. SSL's function is to build a secure chain of trust between the user and the server. The certificate is provided by a Certificate Authority (CAs) like Let’s Encrypt, Bypass, Comodo, GeoTrust et cetera, which actually builds the chain of trust running the certificate validation in a hierarchical manner. Most modern web browsers have flagged sites without SSL/TLS as insecure or unsafe. Going forward, SSL/TLS certificate may become a mandatory website hosting requirement . By hosting a website with SSL/TLS certificate, it provides security  to  the data transferred between the website and the Website visitor, by encrypting the