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SSL Acronyms

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Category: SSL Notes
Published: 13 February 2016
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Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN)

authenticated encryption with associated data (AEAD)

Basic Encoding Rules (BER)

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

CA/Browser Forum (or CAB Forum)

Certifcate Revocation List (CRL)

Certifcate Signing Request (CSR)

Certifcate Transparency (CT)

Certifcation authorities (CAs)

Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)

common name (CN)

Dife-Hellman (DH)

distinguished name (DN)

Domain validated (DV)

Electronic Codebook (ECB)

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

elliptic curve (EC)

Ephemeral Dife-Hellman (DHE)

ephemeral elliptic curve Dife-Hellman (ECDH)

Ephemeral elliptic curve Dife-Hellman (ECDHE)

Extended Key Usage (EKU)

Extended validation (EV)

HMAC (short for hash-based message authentication code)

man-in-the-middle (MITM)

message authentication code (MAC)

Mutually Endorsing CA Infrastructure (MECAI)

Object Identifier (ASN.1) (OID)

Online Certifcate Status Protocol (OCSP)

Open Systems Inter- connection (OSI)

Organization validated (OV)

path maximum transmission unit (PMTU)

pseudorandom number generators (PRNGs)

public-key infrastructure (PKI)

registration authority (RA)

RSA (named from the initials of Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman)

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)

Server Name Indication (SNI)

Server-Gated Crypto (SGC)

Signed Certif- cate Timestamp (SCT)

Transport Layer Security (TLS)

true random number generator (TRNG)

Trust Assurances for Certifcate Keys (TACK)

Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD)

SSL Certificate enabled for your Joomla site,

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Category: SSL Notes
Published: 14 September 2016
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Configure your configuration.php file

In you configuration.php find
public $live_site ='';
and replace with
public $live_site = 'https://www.your-domain.com';

Add the following code to the bottom of the .htaccess file

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} OFF
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

Force SSL in your Joomla site

Admin Panel
click the Global Configuration button.

Server tab
Server Settings section, there are 3 Force SSL alternatives

None: SSL will not be enabled in your Joomla site.
Administrator Only: connections to your administrator will be on HTTPS.
Entire Site: connections all over your website will be on HTTPS.