Is having the whole website use SSL a security risk in any way?
Question by : Is having the whole website use SSL a security risk in any way?
I don’t care if it slows down the server or anything, but I remember reading somewhere that it was risky to have the whole website use SSL. Is this true?
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Answer by Aaron
Not that I am aware of, banks websites do this all the time.
Although having the whole website under SSL, will cost you more from SSL providers.
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about 1 year ago
No, that is not true. It is not useful however. Only use SSL where required.
about 1 year ago
Secure Socket Layer (SSL), is a cryptographic protocol that provides security for communications over networks such as the Internet.
But why would you use SSL anyway? It has security issues, that is why it was replaced by the Transport Layer Security (TLS).
I suggest you read about it on Wikipedia before going further.
about 1 year ago
If anything, it would be ‘safer’, but the problem is bandwidth.
SSL is endpoint to endpoint connection and the protocol forbids any ‘caching’ along the various servers.
So, every connection would require dedicated bandwidth.
And that condition would make it more vulnerable to DDoS attacks.
Without SSL, webpages could be cached, making access to that site faster and not require a dedicated bandwidth.
Something heavy traffic sites would likely not need.