Camp Tech Podcast With Avery Swartz

Guest: Shawn Hooper What He Does: Shawn has worked as a computer programmer for most of his life, and is currently the Director of IT for Actionable Books — His job entails developing all of the internal tools for their staff. He is also a WordPress core contributor. Ponderance: How do SSL certificates and HTTPS help to secure websites? Find him online: shawnhooper.ca In today’s episode, Shawn joins Avery to talk about issues of HTTPS and SSL Certification. During this discussion, Shawn explains some of the technicalities of these things, and puts them in a practical framework that listeners can apply to their own websites.   Key Takeaways: [2:50] SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer — this is actually an old protocol, and the new one is called Transport Layer Security, or TLS. SSL/TLS are cryptographic protocols that ensure that the data between your computer, and the computer that you’re getting data from, is encrypted for both sources. [4:50] HTTPS is a secure version of the HTTP protocol. This protocol is