Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Hosting Security and Technology : 50mb SSL?

[Aurexies]

Hello.. guys could you all please help me clear up this confusion??

My provider provided me wth shared SSL but they say that they will not charge for the first 50 MB..

But what does this means?

And can they do that?

SSL is measured in MBs? i am rather confused..

Thanks in advance

[Str]

LOL. They are just talking about data transfer you do at shared ssl space. ( That's a different account probably )

[eddy2099]

I think you could ask the host what they mean. It is possible that they will host your pages which you need with SSL on a separate server. They know better what they mean.

[Knogle]

When you access pages through a shared SSL, the transfer is not automatically credited to your account. Hence, special allowances will have to be made. Many hosts ignore the bandwidth transfer through shared SSL by customers. However, some customers tend to abuse this and have all their users access their pages through a secure connection.

[Aurexies]

Hello hello

can i ask a very noob question??

is 50 mb of ssl consider alot??

[eddy2099]

It depends. If you are just using the shared SSL for a one or two which is pure html text then it is quite a lot. If your whole site needs to be accessed via SSL then it is probably too little.

What do you intend to use the SSL for ?

[Aurexies]

i planning to use it for normal ecommence..

Like payments...

Is 50 mb consider too little?

[eddy2099]

Depends. I would supposed the SSL would be used only after the payment page and if that is the case, it should be alright.

Just an example here, supposed your payment page is 25kb and the payment confirmation page another 25kb in size. Which means that each successful web order would take up 50kb of space then it means that the 50mb will accomodate (50,000 / 50kb) = 1,000 transactions a month.

Would that be enough ? Of course if the web pages are smaller then you could have more.

If you are a busy web store like Amazon.com, it probably not be sufficient but if you are a small store then it probably be sufficient. Then again, I guess since this is a new venture and that you are using a shared SSL instead of your own SSL certificate, you probably be starting off with a small level of orders at the offset. It should be sufficient.

[Aurexies]

Thank you very much i know what you are trying to say ..
Thanks a million...

You have been a great help Thanks once again

[Brightadmin]

Hi,

This means that the space for SSL hosting. If you want to give your customers complete confidence in the security of your web site you need certified SSL secure web space, as specified by eddy 2099.


Regards,

[Aurexies]

Yup i know what it means already, thank you all for your kind help.
Just that i am confused by some issues make to me by my friend.

Regards

[sprintserve]

Well. Personally I don't think shared SSL is a good solution at all, especially if you are doing Ecommerce. The image is wouldn't strike confidence in a client who's about to entrust their credit card or other confidential information to you. On top of that, some people may not understand why the page redirects to another domain and that may just kill a sale for you.

Invest in a dedicated SSL certificate. It will pay for itself.

[Aurexies]

Yup i read about that some where too.

My friend who is hosting under me is asking me to provide free shared SSL to him. According to him he say that some other hosting company is offering that.

I wasn't sure that it can be done at the beginning and don't really understand what it means by shared ssl. But now i have a better understand after doing some research and help given by members of WHT.

And i totally agree with you. Thank you

Regards.