Enabling SSL/TLS on an ASP.NET Core website, as told by an expert

SSL certificates have become important to Google this year (51.8% of the top one million sites now have this enhanced security feature), which means they should be important to you too.

Before publishing an ASP.NET Core site to the public internet, you will need to take digital security into consideration. By default, all web servers handle traffic over port 80 through the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which is how web browsers send and receive data.

However, this form of communication comes with certain vulnerabilities that can affect your website’s performance and reputation.

The best practice for software developers is to enable secure sockets layer (SSL) technology on all hosted webpages. Here’s how to do it.

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