Re: SSL Certificate Question

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Tedd Sperling wrote:

> On Feb 16, 2014, at 1:28 PM, Jasper Kips <jasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Op 16 feb. 2014, om 18:07 heeft Tedd Sperling <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> het
>> volgende geschreven:
>> 
>>> On Feb 16, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Jasper Kips <jasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>
http://wpengine.com/support/how-does-all-this-work-https-ssl-certificates-ca-public-and-private-keys-csrs/
>>> 
>>> I am not trying to be difficult, but the link you provided supports
>>> everything I said -- namely:
>>> 
>>> 1. HTTPS just means “HTTP with SSL.” Just as “http://”; means “this
>>> is a website,” seeing “https://”; means “this is a website, and it’s
>>> using SSL to encrypt data and authenticate the website.
>> Yes and it NEEDS the certificate, which you kind of deny
>> You: "I also claim that a SSL Certificate has absolutely nothing to
>> do with actual HTTPS communication between the Browser and the
>> Server. For example, I can use HTTPS communication by simply placing
>> a script in a HTTPS directory or using a .htaccess directing such --
>> all without a SSL Certificate."
>> 
>> And the certificate is needed, to establish the SSL, and hence then
>> encrypted,  connection.
> 
> I am only questioning one doesn't need a SSL Certificate from a third
> party to use HTTPS communication -- is that wrong?

No, that is correct.  You do need the certificate, but you may issue one
yourself. 

> What is being implied by you is that a SSL Certificate exist
> regardless if one purchases one from a third party or not -- is that
> true?

Yes.



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