What exactly is HTTPS, how does it work, and what kind of security does it offer?
If you haven’t heard of HTTPS, your website is probably sending (and receiving) web content to users over HTTP, an insecure protocol. This is not good. You are exposing your user credentials to nefarious middle-men when logging into wp-admin.
HTTPS is The Way Forward™ for the web, as various web leaders are penalizing sites that still serve over HTTP. Search Engines are ranking insecure sites lower in search results. Browsers are limiting capabilities and stripping away features from sites serving HTTP.
This talk will focus on what HTTPS is from the very ground up, and some direction on how to set it up for your site.
Eric will also be available at the Happiness Bar during the day if you want hands-on help migrating your site to HTTPS.