TLS

Transport Layer Security

This page is mainly about adding Transport Layer Security TLS (also commonly referred to by it's predecessor 'Secure Sockets Layer or SSL') for your web servers such as Apache or nginx.

If you have a website or other online resources, you should be running them on a Secure webserver. If you need help, call eQuality Technology. We can secure your site very quickly and very cost-effectively, using the highest grade security measures.

Security Check

Instantly check your site's security grade at https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html (you can also append the domain name like so: ?d=equality-tech.com)

Upgraded Security

We used to run certificates from StartSSL because they offer free one-year certificates. However, today we upgraded to using 'LetsEncrypt' and our certificates are both more secure and easier to manage. Instead of a "B" grade, we now have "A" grade security.

Resources

1. Transport Layer Security
2. https://letsencrypt.org/getinvolved/ Get Involved with Lets Encrypt
   1. https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/ Getting Started
   2. https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt Code on GitHub
   3. https://letsencrypt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ Docs
3. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS
4. https://security.stackexchange.com/
5. Apache docs

Transport Layer Security

Secure Sockets Layer = secure (encrypted) underpinning for HTTP