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Difference of Webserver protection on buying ssl certificates

Jessie Earl ClarenceNotarte1

Guys 

  Help Please our company are looking to buy SSLcertificates for our website which will cost us a lot.

my question is what is the difference between activating the webserver protection in sophos UTM  and buying SSL Certificates

 

TIA



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    Basically a certificate is needed when using HTTPS (and thus encrypted traffic to/from your webserver).

    Webserver protection physically protects your webserver; it is a so-called reverse proxy where all traffic to your webserver is first evaluated by the UTM and it will only be forwarded to your real webserver if the traffic passes its checks. This decreases the risk that vulnerabilities of your webserver (or database if you use one) can be succesfully exploited.

    Managing several Sophos firewalls both at work and at some home locations, dedicated to continuously improve IT-security and feeling well helping others with their IT-security challenges.

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    Basically a certificate is needed when using HTTPS (and thus encrypted traffic to/from your webserver).

    Webserver protection physically protects your webserver; it is a so-called reverse proxy where all traffic to your webserver is first evaluated by the UTM and it will only be forwarded to your real webserver if the traffic passes its checks. This decreases the risk that vulnerabilities of your webserver (or database if you use one) can be succesfully exploited.

    Managing several Sophos firewalls both at work and at some home locations, dedicated to continuously improve IT-security and feeling well helping others with their IT-security challenges.

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