SSL is an important security and privacy feature for all websites. Its details are outlined in this wikipedia [article] ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer"). At Scibler, we use SSL certificates, encrypting all traffic to and fro from our servers. SSL is a public-key based asymmetric encryption scheme for symmetric key exchange. Symmetric keys are used for payload encryption. On our servers, we use embedded jetty (ring jetty adapter), with the clojure [ring] (https://github.com/ring-clojure) library to handle the http specific functionality.
This is a tutorial about installing SSL certificates on jetty webservers. SSL certificates are X.509 certificates that can be self-signed (authorized by Scibler) or can be signed by trusted third-parties. Trusted third-party certificates are the ones that a Internet user and browsers trust the most. Trusted third-party certification authorities issue certificates per domain and charge a nominal yearly fee.
####Pre-Requisites
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