Frequently
Asked Questions of Runt Communications
What is a Domain Name?
A domain name is a company's unique identity
on the worldwide Internet.
All computers, or servers, connected to the Internet are identified by a unique
number called an Internet Protocol address (IP address). A typical IP address
appears in the form 205.206.197.xxx.
The domain naming system assigns unique names to the IP addresses since names
are generally easier to remember than numbers.
A domain name usually appears in the form yourcompany.com It can be used as
a custom email address, such as sales@yourcompany.com, or as an address on the
World Wide Web, such as www .yourcompany.com. Domain names operate much like
phone numbers or street addresses.
What is Hosting?
Hosting is a service
in which a website is stored on a server
that is specially designed for websites.
What is SSL?
SSL (Secure
Sockets Layer) uses a technique called
public-key cryptography to provide encrypted
connections.
This enables you to move information across
the Internet with confidence that it will
not be intercepted or modified in transit.
SSL defeats most attempts to eavesdrop,
forge, or otherwise tamper with your data.
Each server that
supports SSL has two keys (a public key
and a private key) that are used to encrypt
and decrypt data; data encrypted with the
public key can only be decrypted using
the corresponding private key. The private
key is kept secret and known only to the
server.
When you request
a secure connection to a server, the server
sends you its public key. Your local client
software (web browser or IMAP client) then
generates a unique session key. It encrypts
the session key using the server's public
key and sends the encrypted session key
to the server. The server uses its private
key to decrypt the session key--nobody
else can read the encrypted session key.
The session key (now known to both parties)
is used to encrypt all further data sent
over this connection, thus creating a secure
channel.
