How the SSL certificate works
When a browser tries to access a website, the connection between the two usually works in the clear: consequently it is technically possible, for a third user, to carry out a procedure of sniffing or spying data through a man-in-the attack -Middle. In its popular operation on the Internet, HTTPS provides authentication of the website and associated web server with which one of the parties is communicating, protecting the communication from all kinds of attacks and encrypting all data.
