SSL(Secure Sockets Layer) is the industry-standard security technology creating encrypted connections between a Web Server and a Browser. This is used to maintain data privacy and to protect the information in online transactions. The steps for establishing an SSL connection are a browser tries to connect to the webserver secured with SSL, the browser sends a copy of its SSL certificate to the browser, the browser checks if the SSL certificate is trustworthy or not. If it is trustworthy, then the browser sends a message to the webserver requesting to establish an encrypted connection, the webserver sends an acknowledgment to start an SSL encrypted connection, and finally SSL encrypted communication takes place between the browser and the webserver. Happy days...