Should I get Apache without ssl or with open ssl? Can someone tell me what exactly is ssl?

Question

I am looking for server software and solved Apache, but I see two different versions of Apache HTTP server: one with SSL and one without it. I read about it, and it sounds very important, but I still don't know what it is, and whether I just need it to host the website. Which version should I get?

Answer 1

Are you going to ask your users to send any confidential information from your browser to your site? Then use SSL. However, keep in mind that if this is a public site, you will want to get your SSL certificate from a trusted root center so that the user does not have warnings about SSL certificates with expired / invalid / unsigned SSL.

If there is nothing sensitive, you should be fine.

Answer 2

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is an HTTP encryption mechanism that allows you to send confidential or confidential information via the Internet to a client and vice versa without fear that data will be intercepted by any third party.

If your website requires the user to submit any personal or confidential information, using SSL is a good idea. You will need to obtain a certificate from a trusted authority (which can verify that your site is genuine) and configure Apache (with SSL).

If your site is just a collection of pages and other information, and there is no exchange of confidential information, you can go and install Apache without SSL.

Answer 3

OpenSSL is an open source SSL and TLS protocol implementation. mod_ssl is a package that provides cryptography for Apache over SSL and TLS. SSL and TLS determine how to securely encrypt and send sensitive information over HTTP.

If your site will collect sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, then you must install binary using openssl, otherwise select Win32 Binary without crpto.

Source: http://molecularsciences.org/articles/should_I_choose_apache_with_or_without_ssl