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How to: Check SSL with SSL Shopper SSL Checker

Check your SSL for Problems

The SSLSHopper SSL Checker will help you diagnose problems with your SSL certificate installation. You can verify the SSL certificate on your web server to make sure it is correctly installed, valid, trusted and doesn’t give any errors to any of your users.

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Understanding SSL Certificate Checking with SSL Shopper SSL Checker

SSL certificates are vital for website security, providing encrypted connections between web servers and browsers. Using SSL Shopper’s SSL Checker, you can easily verify the status and correctness of these certificates. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to use this tool.

Step 1: Recognising the Importance of SSL Certificate Checks

  • Reasons for Checking: Ensuring validity, preventing expiry, and confirming proper installation.
  • Maintaining Trust: Critical for website owners to maintain visitor trust and avoid browser warnings.

Step 2: Accessing SSL Shopper SSL Checker

  • Website Navigation: Visit SSL Shopper SSL Checker through any standard web browser.
  • User-Friendly Interface: Known for its simplicity and comprehensive reporting.

Step 3: Inputting the Website URL

  • URL Entry: Input the complete website URL, including the “https://” part, into the provided field.

Step 4: Interpreting the Checker’s Results

  • Certificate Details: The tool displays information like the issuing authority, issuance and expiry dates, and the domains covered.
  • Error Identification: It also identifies any certificate chain issues causing browser errors.

Step 5: Understanding the Certificate Chain

  • Chain Significance: A correct SSL certificate chain is essential for browser trust.
  • Problem Alerts: SSL Shopper will highlight issues like missing intermediate certificates.

Step 6: Responding to the Checker’s Findings

  • Action Steps: Depending on the results, actions may include reissuing, renewing, or correcting installation errors.
  • Preventive Measures: Regular checks prevent security issues and ensure a secure browsing experience.

Conclusion

Regular use of SSL Shopper’s SSL Checker is a best practice for website administrators. It ensures that SSL certificates are not only valid and up-to-date but also correctly installed and trusted by browsers. This proactive approach is key to maintaining a secure and trustworthy online presence.



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the primary purpose of SSL Shopper’s SSL Checker?

  • SSL Shopper’s SSL Checker is designed to verify the status and correctness of SSL certificates on websites. It ensures that these certificates are valid, properly installed, and not close to expiry, maintaining secure connections between web servers and browsers.

Why is it important to regularly check SSL certificates?

  • Regular checks are essential for maintaining a website’s security and trustworthiness. It helps in avoiding the expiry of certificates, ensuring proper installation, and confirming that browsers recognize and trust the website’s SSL certificate, thus preventing security warnings to users.

How do you access and use the SSL Shopper SSL Checker?

  • Accessing the tool is simple. Visit SSL Shopper’s SSL Checker website through any standard web browser. The interface is user-friendly, requiring you to input the complete website URL, including “https://” in the provided field for analysis.

What information does SSL Shopper SSL Checker provide about a certificate?

  • The checker displays details such as the issuing authority, issuance and expiry dates, and the domains covered by the SSL certificate. It also identifies any certificate chain issues that could cause browser errors.

What actions should be taken based on the SSL Checker’s findings?

  • Depending on the results, necessary actions might include reissuing, renewing, or correcting installation errors of the SSL certificate. Regular checks using the tool can prevent security issues and ensure a secure browsing experience for website visitors.

Network Adapter Driver for 82575/6, 82580, I350, and I210/211-Based Gigabit Network Connections for Linux Packet Loss

intel-proset-network-adapter-driver-se-1372665375Fix Packet Loss Issues with IGB Driver

igb-x.x.x.tag.gz is designed to work with Intel® 82575/6, 82580, I350, and I210/211-based adapters/connections under Linux*. The latest version and earlier versions of this driver are available from SourceForge.

Version 5.0.5k is buggy and will result in serious packet loss. Find which driver version you are using.

# ethtool -i eth1

driver: igb
version: 5.0.5-k
firmware-version: 1.52, 0x800007ae
bus-info: 0000:01:00.1
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

If you see a version below 5.2.15 then upgrade immediately.

How to redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS using an .htaccess file

Redirecting HTTP to HTTPS using .htaccess

So you have installed your SSL Certificate and now you want to use it. Paste the following code to the beginning of your .htaccess file to redirect all non-https to https.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]

Setting up Outlook to send through SMTP on port 587

emailMany ISPs are now blocking port 25 outbound from end users to prevent spam from their network. A new standard is to use port 587 and setup Plesk to listen on port 587.

To setup Outlook to do this

  1. Open Outlook.
  2. Tools -> Accounts
  3. go to the “Mail” tab.
  4. select the account and click “Properties”.
  5. Go to the “Advanced” Tab in the new window.
  6. Set the “Outgoing mail (SMTP)” option to 587 from 25. Hit “Ok”.

Outlook should now use port 587 for sending mail.

How to: Upgrade PHP and MySQL

sshYour new Centox 6.x server running Plesk 12 will need to have PHP and MySQL upgraded before going in to production.

You can do this using the Atomicorp repositories.

Check the current PHP version

php -v

Download the Atomicorp repository and keys:

wget -q -O - http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/atomic.sh | sh

Use yum to upgrade PHP and MySQL

yum upgrade php mysql

Add the most commonly used PHP modules as required

yum install php-ioncube-loader php-mcrypt php-bcmath php-zend-guard-loader db4-utils

Restart the apache/httpd service gracefully…

service httpd graceful

…and test your PHP version.

php -v

Your PHP and MySQL upgrade is now complete.